Russia names UK sites as potential targets

Russia has escalated its threats against British infrastructure, identifying specific drone and missile manufacturing sites as potential targets in retaliation for the United Kingdom's continued military support to Ukraine. The warnings, issued by a former senior Kremlin official, come days after Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Kyiv and pledged to provide Ukraine with blueprints for long-range Storm Shadow missiles.

Andrei Fedorov, a former deputy foreign minister of Russia and an adviser to President Vladimir Putin, described the UK as "evil number one" in interviews published on August 30, 2026. He stated that the "highest levels of the Russian government" were considering a "hybrid attack" to avoid a direct military confrontation with NATO. Fedorov explicitly named a drone factory owned by the British-Ukrainian firm Ukrspecsystems in Suffolk, located near the U.S. air force base at RAF Mildenhall, as a "legal target." He also indicated that the missile manufacturer MBDA, which produces the Storm Shadow system and is headquartered in Stevenage, was considered a legitimate target by experts in Moscow.

The threats follow a significant policy announcement from Prime Minister...