A senior Russian official has highlighted dozens of British defence-linked sites, implying they could be directly targeted by Vladimir Putin’s missiles.
Dmitry Rogozin – a senator and war combatant, formerly deputy premier and space agency chief – threatened that the UK will become “deadly dangerous”.
The map below shows which areas of the UK were highlighted as potential targets for Russia to strike.
This came as he and Putin’s main TV attack dog, Vladimir Solovyov, both hit out at former British defence secretary Ben Wallace, who this week called for “making Crimea uninhabitable and unviable from a Russian point of view….
“Ukraine does not need to invade the peninsula (which I concede would be incredibly difficult if not impossible) but they should choke it to death.”
Rogozin responded by posting a map highlighting UK defence-related sites as Russia targets.
He said: “Former British Defence Minister Ben Wallace on what Kyiv and its NATO allies should do to end the military actions:
“‘We must help Ukraine acquire long-range capabilities to make Crimea uninhabitable. We need to strangle Crimea.’
“What a sober minister has in mind, a former one has on his tongue.
“However, it is even good that they reveal their true intentions.
“It is useful to read this for those of us who still consider peace with imperialist aggressors possible.
“And my advice to our [Russian] oligarchs: do not send your children to study in England!
“It is deadly dangerous.”
The 23 defence sites – both military and industrial across all four nations of the UK – are shown on a map taken from the UK government’s policy paper ‘Defence Industrial Strategy 2025: Making Defence an Engine for Growth’.
TV propagandist Solovyov – whose TV rants are scripted by the Kremlin – said: “Dmitry Rogozin today posted a reminder of targets in Britain that could be destroyed first.
“The idiots will get what’s coming to them, they’ll just get what’s coming to them.”
The foul-mouthed presenter said on a state-funded channel that ex-Tory MP Wallace was “a piece of **** who lost his job [as Defence Secretary].
“He’s a nobody, but suddenly he decided to tell us what we should be like.”
Solovyov threatened to unleash Russia’s Poseidon underwater nuclear drone on Britain – “and your country doesn’t even exist”.
He said: “But when the unfortunate Brits die, they should say your name, because it’s you, you moron, who brought trouble to the island.
“You’re a moron….
“He doesn’t care about the lives of Crimeans, he doesn’t care about their opinion.
“This is a man who has lost everything in his political career.
“If you remember, he dreamed of becoming NATO head…and [Joe Biden] they told him to get lost….”
This came the day after Russian state TV threatened a terrorist operation to blow up a Second World War shipwreck packed with 1,400 tonnes of explosives in the Thames estuary.
A clandestine strike by Russian special forces would be “revenge” for alleged British involvement in Ukraine’s successful operation to disable and destroy dozens of Kremlin oil refineries, it was claimed.
The US Liberty ship SS Richard Montgomery grounded on a sandbank east of the Isle of Grain in 1944.
Some 1,400 tonnes remains on the wreck, the masts of which are visible in the estuary.
Historian Dr Andrey Sidorov said: “There are 1,400 tonnes of explosives there.
“They say it’s still active.
“The masts are sticking out.
“If you hit it, this will flood all the coastal villages and ports.
“So we need to start with that, right today.”
Smirking, Sidorov said: “Just don’t accuse me of terrorism.”