Moscow threatens to strike British military targets both in Ukraine ‘and abroad’ if it finds Kyiv used UK weapons to hit Russian territory as Kremlin summons Brit ambassador [Video]

Moscow has threatened to strike British military targets in Ukraine and elsewhere if it finds Kyiv‘s forces used British-supplied long-range missiles to strike Russia.

The Russian foreign ministry summoned British Ambassador Nigel Casey to the Kremlin on Monday and warned him that if Ukrainian forces use British weaponry to attack Russia, Moscow could hit ‘any UK military facility and equipment on Ukrainian territory and beyond’.

The statement issued by the Russian foreign ministry came after Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Ukraine had the right to use British weapons to strike Russia. 

Lord Cameron, during a visit to Kyiv last week, said Ukraine ‘absolutely has the right to strike back at Russia’ and that London did not put ‘caveats’ on how Ukrainian forces use weapons supplied by Britain.

Russia’s foreign ministry said Lord Cameron’s remarks recognised that Britain was now de-facto a part of the conflict and contradicted an earlier assurancethat long-range weapons given to Ukraine would …