{"id":105776,"date":"2026-08-18T08:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/105776\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T08:09:11","slug":"russia-warns-britain-faces-consequences-for-providing-ukraine-with-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/105776\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia warns Britain faces ‘consequences’ for providing Ukraine with drones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia warned Britain on Tuesday that it would face consequences for supplying drones<\/a> to Ukraine that are used to attack targets on Russian territory.<\/p>\n

Russia’s embassy in London was responding to a report in the Times newspaper on Saturday which said British-made drones had been used for long-range strikes against Russia for the first time.<\/p>\n

“London’s actions will inevitably carry consequences for which it will have to answer,” the embassy said in a statement posted on its Telegram channel.<\/p>\n

“The deeper its involvement in the conflict and the greater its support for Kyiv’s terrorist machinery, the higher the price it will pay.”<\/p>\n

Ukraine<\/a> has been using deep-strike drones to hit oil refineries and logistics facilities.<\/p>\n

Britain<\/a>‘s Ministry of Defense did not confirm whether British drones had been used.<\/p>\n

In June, Britain said it would provide 150,000 drones to Ukraine by the end of 2026 as part of a \u00a3752 million funding package.<\/p>\n

Asked about the Russian embassy comments, a defense ministry spokesperson said: “Britain stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine, and we are committed to providing the equipment Ukraine needs to defend itself against Putin’s illegal invasion.”<\/p>\n

Since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine<\/a> in 2022, Moscow has repeatedly warned Britain and other Western allies that their support for Kyiv, including the supply of equipment, could provoke retaliatory measures and increase the risk of a broader confrontation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia warned Britain on Tuesday that it would face consequences for supplying drones to Ukraine that are used…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,12283,484,523,12284,1625],"class_list":["post-105776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-britain","tag-britain","tag-drone","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-ukraine-russia-war","tag-vladimir-putin"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117115497142019314","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}