Russia Threatens to Target UK Politicians' Homes; Four British Cities Named as Alleged Missile Strike Targets

Gate News message, April 18 — Dmitry Rogozin, former Russian deputy premier and current senator for an occupied Ukrainian territory, has called for Russia to expand missile strike targets to include the home addresses of Western politicians, claiming they are “war criminals subject to annihilation.” Russia this week identified alleged targets in four UK areas—London, Reading, Leicester, and Suffolk—accusing them of supplying weapons to Ukraine.

Rogozin stated the list was incomplete and should begin with “the work and home addresses of all Western politicians who made the decision to shed Russian blood,” describing them as “main military targets.” He also appeared to call for targeting Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying Russia should adopt what he termed Israel’s tactic of “destroying the political and military leadership of the enemy state.”

Russia has repeatedly accused Britain of supplying missiles and drones used to strike Russian territory. Rogozin, a former NATO envoy and former space agency chief who oversaw tests on Russia’s largest nuclear missile Sarmat, also alleged that Kyiv receives “unlimited technological and political support” from Western states including Britain, the EU, and the U.S.