Kremlin outraged over UK plan to share classified SCALP missile data with Ukraine
Photo: Dmitry Peskov, spokesperson for the Russian leader (Getty Images)
Russia has threatened to strike Ukrainian enterprises producing long-range weapons. The Kremlin made the threat in response to Britain’s plans to provide Kyiv with data on SCALP missiles, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.
According to Peskov, the Kremlin reacted "extremely negatively" to Britain’s intention to share classified data with Ukraine about British components used in SCALP missiles.
Putin’s spokesman traditionally accused London of directly participating in the war and attempting to "disrupt the peace process."
"Britain is participating in this war on the side of the Kyiv regime. It is methodically and regularly adding fuel to the fire, while also methodically and regularly scheming to prevent any progress in the peace settlement process," he said.
Peskov also claimed that Russian intelligence is already looking for locations in Ukraine where such weapons could be manufactured or assembled in order to strike them.
According to the Kremlin spokesman, the Russian military is "carrying out the relevant work and obtaining data to identify the locations where such missiles and other military equipment are produced, and is taking measures to destroy the relevant facilities."
Earlier, the British government authorized defense company MBDA to disclose classified information about British components of the long-range SCALP missile.
SCALP is the French version of the British Storm Shadow missile. Both missiles use a combination of French and British technologies.
