Russia threatens to 'rain down missiles on Westminster' after 'UK drone attack'
Russia has issued numerous threats in recent months.
Russia is threatening to blow up Westminster Bridge in revenge for British drones “destroying a Russian-held crossing in a Ukrainian operation”. Spectacular footage shows the moment of the explosion on the Konka, a tributary of the River Dnipro [Dnieper].
The strike was in March last year, but it has now been claimed Ukraine deployed British Malloy T-150 heavy-lift drones to wreak havoc with the bridge. The revelation has infuriated Russian propagandists. Moscow state media propagandist Vladimir Kornilov declared it was “noteworthy how the British openly boast about their participation in acts of sabotage on Russian territory.” In fact, the explosion happened on Ukrainian territory under international law - though invaded by Vladimir Putin - and the UK Government hasn't commented on the incident.
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He declared: “It’s high time we started bragging: ‘Russian missiles destroyed the key Westminster Bridge’.
“Of course, the Houthis or the Iranians will be the ones doing the hitting!”
Kornilov also claimed without providing evidence “the British are practically choking with delight at their direct involvement in the terrorist attack”.
He asked what the British would “sing about” if Westminster Bridge - next to the Houses of Parliament - was destroyed.
The crossing has long been a focus of Russian interest. A picture shows Putin glamour spy Anna Chapman on Westminster Bridge before she was detained in New York by the FBI, and soon stripped of her UK citizenship.
Putin-loyal outlet Tsargrad wrote: “The British are literally gushing with delight about their direct involvement in the terrorist attack.
“Isn't it time to shift the strikes to the decision-making centre after such a candid admission?”
The explosion on the Konka bridge was - at the time - believed to be a straightforward aerial hit. But now it has emerged Ukraine’s innovative 426th Unmanned Systems Regiment used the heavy-lifting drone on 30-plus missions over 60 days, delivering a staggering 1.5 tons of explosives while eluding Russian forces.
“Bridges are relatively easy to destroy from underneath,” said Ukrainian Col. Oleksii Bulakhov, the regiment’s commander.
“But they are engineered in a way that makes them extremely robust from the outside.”
A 50kg shaped charge was lowered by cable onto the bridge’s weakest points. A missile then ignited the explosives in one of the great operations of the four-year war.
