Russia threatens to bomb UK military bases over support for Ukraine

Russia has warned it could strike British military targets both inside and outside Ukraine over the UK’s support for Kyiv.

Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman has called on Britain to back off on what she called London's hostile stance on Ukraine, which she said risked taking the conflict to an entirely new level.

She had told the same Moscow news briefing earlier that Britain and France were "playing with fire" by supplying sensitive missile technology to Ukraine.

Britain announced on Monday it would allow Kyiv access to classified technology to start its own production of Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles, capable of carrying out strikes deep within Russia.

France has already given its assent to license the technology for the European missile,

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