Russia Threatens British Military Targets as U.K. Assists Ukraine With Missiles

The war between Russia and Ukraine has intensified as Vladimir Putin-led Russia threatens strikes on British military targets after the U.K. reportedly gave Ukraine long-range missiles.

“We have repeatedly warned that any British military installations and equipment in Ukraine and beyond its borders could be targeted in response to Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory carried out using British weapons,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in Moscow on Friday, August 28, per Reuters.

She claimed that London was “one step away” from becoming legally complicit, and warned of “inevitable catastrophic consequences.”

The news comes after Ukraine’s use of the Franco-British Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles on Russia — which claims Volodymyr Zelenskyy‘s military struck a shopping center, wounding civilians and children.

“We propose that the British leadership once again carefully analyze the situation and immediately, in the most resolute and unequivocal manner, abandon the hostile, ​aggressive line which can only … create the risk of the conflict escalating to an entirely new level,” Zakharova added.

Despite the threats, a spokesperson for Britain’s Ministry of Defense doubled down on the country’s defense and support for Ukraine.

“Russia should be in no doubt about the resolve ​of this Government to stand against Russian aggression, in Ukraine and against the UK and our allies,” the spokesperson told Reuters.