British Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated he will continue ‘to support Ukraine 100 per cent’ after Moscow warned Britain would ‘pay’ following confirmation that UK-made drones were used in recent strikes on Russia.
‘We are not fair-weather friends, we will be there in Ukraine’s hour of need and that won’t change,’ the Prime Minister said.
This comes after the Russian embassy in London Monday accused Britain of ‘deliberately opting for an escalation of the Ukraine crisis’ by supplying the drones, adding: ‘London’s actions will inevitably carry consequences for which it will have to answer.’
Russia was able to destroy only 180 of the 620 drones Kyiv launched at Moscow on Monday night.
Officials said three people were wounded as air defence systems scrambled to repel one of Ukraine’s biggest attacks on the capital.
Energy facilities were reportedly targeted, including a Moscow oil refinery.
A warehouse belonging to e-commerce giant Wildberries was hit amid claims the firm supplies components for Russian drones.
In Ukraine, Russian missiles killed ten and injured eight others in a village in the Kharkiv region.
Vladimir Putin faced further humiliation as the fear of drone attacks led to the cancellation of an annual Red Square military music festival this weekend for the first time in four years of war.
