A Russian official identified numerous UK defence-related sites as targets for Vladimir Putin’s missiles. Dmitry Rogozin, a senator and war veteran who previously served as deputy premier and head of the space agency, warned that the UK could become “deadly dangerous”.
The map below indicates the areas in the UK that were singled out as potential targets for Russian strikes. Rogozin posted it in May, highlighting UK defence-related sites as potential Russian targets in response to former defence secretary Ben Wallace calling for “making Crimea uninhabitable and unviable from a Russian point of view”.
He stated: “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 are displayed on a map taken from the UK government’s policy paper Defence Industrial Strategy 2025: Making Defence an Engine for Growth.
Television propagandist Vladimir Solovyov added: “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.”
He called Mr Wallace “a piece of **** who lost his job”. He added: “He’s a nobody, but suddenly he decided to tell us what we should be like.”
Solovyov also threatened Britain with Russia‘s Poseidon underwater nuclear drone.
He declared: “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.”