Russia has warned the United Kingdom and France they are “playing with fire” by providing Ukraine with classified blueprints to manufacture its own long-range missiles.
In the wake of Andy Burnham’s decision to hand Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the means to produce Storm Shadow missiles, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, hinted the UK could be targeted in response.
While Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, later appeared to walk back the rhetoric, Zakharova’s comments were notable as they came just days after CIA boss, John Ratcliffe, made an unannounced visit to Moscow.
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Neither the Pentagon, nor the White House have confirmed the reason for the visit, but it has been widely reported Ratcliffe made the trip to directly warn Russia against launching an attack on a NATO country.
