Kremlin will target UK’s ‘destabilising’ missile systems

RUSSIA will target the long-range coastal defence missile systems that the UK is sending to Ukraine, Russia’s ambassador in London said yesterday.

In his interview with Russian news agency TASS, Andrey Kelin said that the UK’s long-range missile systems were “destabilising” the situation.

Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary, said this week that the UK Government was going to send more “lethal aid” to Ukraine, including long-range coastal missile systems. These could be used to tackle the Russian navy, which has anchored off Ukraine’s coast.

Mr Kelin told TASS: “Any supply of weapons is destabilising, especially those that Wallace spoke about.

“They will be legitimate targets for our armed forces if they cross the Ukrainian border.”