Are UK drone factories at risk of attack? Russia issues warning over Ukraine support

Russia and Britain have been engaged in a war of words over Ukraine as the UK prime minister Andy Burnham visited Ukraine and pledged to handover long-range missile blueprints to the country.

The Kremlin vehemently opposed this move on Monday and warned Britain against providing this classified information related to SCALP long-range cruise missile to Kyiv.

"Britain is involved ​in this war on the side of the Kyiv ​regime. Britain methodically and regularly adds fuel to the fire and ‌methodically ⁠and regularly hatches schemes to prevent even the slightest progress in the peaceful settlement process," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned on Monday.

In response, Burnham said, "Who started the fire? That's the question, isn't it?"

However, on Tuesday the Kremlin advisor also issued a stark warning that could threaten UK infrastructure over its support to Ukraine.

Andrei Fedorov warned that there might be a “semi-military” response against UK drone factories by "unknown sources” over sharing of military blueprints with Ukraine.

When asked about the nature of the semi-military response, the advisor said, “it could take the form of something that might happen with enterprises, with factories which are producing drones for Ukraine.”

"They could be attacked not by Russia, but by unknown sources," he said.

Fedorov comments came after Burnham announced his plans to travel to the US next month along with European leaders aimed at lobbying President Trump for shoring up Ukraine security and defence.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Burnham said, "I'm looking forward to going to New York in September," when the UN General Assembly will meet. However, the details of the visit are not confirmed yet.

The UK PM in his first foreign visit since taking office agreed to hand over blueprints for British-made components of the Scalp/Storm Shadow cruise missile to allow domestic production in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Ukraine is seeking 300 Patriot interceptor missiles ahead of winter, though US stockpiles face constraints due to the war in Iran.

Moreover, Burnham along with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz issued a joint statement, slamming not only Russian aggression but also pledging to boost Ukraine’s air defences.