Russian leader Vladimir Putin has renewed his threats to target Britain by saying it’s a ‘secret’ whether he will target British drone sites.
During an interview with Russian state media RT yesterday, the Kremlin dictator issued an ominous warning after the UK agreed to supply Ukraine with classified blueprints for long-range missiles last week.
When asked ‘Could British military industrial facilities located on British territory become military targets?’ Putin replied with a smirk: ‘That’s a secret, a military secret.’
Though he had to ask the RT reporter whether this was the case, saying: ‘Are there British military facilities in Ukraine?’
When the journalist replied that this was a hypothetical question, Putin said: ‘If there are, then absolutely, I can confirm once again: any military facilities in Ukraine are our legitimate target, British or otherwise,’ he said.
The Russian leader was speaking at a nighttime press conference in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, after attending the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) summit.
His taunt was the latest increasingly brazen threat from Moscow to target British military and defence companies after the UK increased its support for Ukraine.
Russian foreign ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova warned last week that ‘any British military installations and equipment in Ukraine and beyond its borders’ could be attacked in retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on Russia using British weapons.
However, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham vowed last month to keep backing Ukraine amid its grinding, years-long war with Russia.
