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UK drone factories may face attacks from 'unknown sources', says Kremlin adviser
Andrei Fedorov linked the warning to UK support for Ukraine, including missile blueprints and battlefield data, as Russia claimed the move deepened the conflict.
- On Monday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Kyiv to co-chair a coalition meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky, pledging "we're not a fair-weather friend, we're here for the long haul."
- Burnham and Zelensky signed an agreement granting the Ministry of Defence access to Ukraine's 'Avengers' AI database, described as a "goldmine" of battlefield data for British researchers.
- Former Russian deputy foreign minister Andrei Fedorov warned he could not "100% exclude" the prospect of "semi-military" action against Britain, suggesting potential hacker attacks or strikes on drone-producing factories.
- President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov condemned the Scalp blueprint sharing as "fuel to the fire," while Zelensky flagged a £27 billion funding gap requiring urgent solutions.
- Russia intensified ballistic missile strikes, killing at least 23 people in three days, as Ukraine struggles with shortages after US-made Patriot supplies were diverted to the Middle East this year.
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Kremlin adviser Andrei Fedorov has warned that there could be a “paramilitary” response from “unknown entities” against British drone factories. He told the BBC in response to Prime Minister Andy Burnham handing over technical plans for British components for Scalp cruise missiles, the French version of the Storm Shadow missiles, in Kiev, Ukraine.
A nearby Kremlin adviser suggested that United Kingdom factories producing drones for Ukraine could become targets for attacks from "unknown sources", after London agreed on Monday to transmit to Kiev classified information necessary for the production of long-range SCALP cruise missiles, transmitted by you, quoted by Agerpres.
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