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UK drone factories may face attacks from 'unknown sources', says Kremlin adviser

Andrei Fedorov said cyberattacks and semi-military steps could follow Britain’s expanded support for Ukraine, which includes sharing missile blueprints and battlefield data.

  • 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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Former Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Fedorov warned that Britain's factories producing drones for Ukraine risk becoming the target of "semi-military" or "unknown" forces, in response to the growing military support given to Kiev by the UK, reports Tuesday CBS News. Fedorov said on Monday, in the Newsnight broadcast of ...

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Andrei Fyodorov warned that "sooner or later" there could be not only a verbal but also a "visible reaction" from Russia. He claimed that Moscow did not rule out "semi-military actions" against companies producing drones and missile components sent to fighting Ukraine. Asked what exactly such a "reaction" might involve, the representative of Vladimir Putin's criminal regime argued that "something could happen" to British factories. "They could b…

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Daily Express broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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