The warning comes after Britain agreed to hand Ukraine blueprints for British-made components used in the Storm Shadow cruise missile
Peskov also said the Russian military was gathering information on missile production sites in an apparent warning that such facilities could become targets. Britain methodically and regularly adds fuel to the fire,” he said. His trip to Kyiv was his first official international visit as prime minister, where he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and chaired a meeting of the “coalition of the willing”, established by Britain and France to support Ukraine. The warnings of possible Russian action were reinforced by comments from former Russian deputy foreign minister Andrei Fedorov, who suggested Moscow could consider a “semi-military” response. Speaking to BBC Newsnight, Fedorov said there was pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin “to undertake certain measures against UK”. Asked what such a response could involve, he said: “It could take the form of something might happen with enterprises, with factories which are producing drones for Ukraine. Burnham has nevertheless reaffirmed Britain’s support for Kyiv and said he plans to travel to the US next month with European leaders to press President Donald Trump on Ukraine’s defence needs.
Britain has been warned to prepare for possible Russian retaliation after Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s visit to Ukraine and the UK’s decision to share technology that could help Kyiv produce long-range missiles. “Britain is involved in this war on the side of the Kyiv regime.