Three people are dead in Moscow after what sources confirm was the largest Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian capital since the invasion began. The attack, which hit a military logistics hub on the city's outskirts, used modified drones carrying British-supplied precision-guided munitions. Documents obtained by this newsroom show the munitions were part of a classified shipment approved under the UK's 'direct support' programme, bypassing standard export controls.
The Kremlin has called the attack 'an act of terrorism', while the Ministry of Defence in London has refused to comment on 'operational matters'. But the trail of evidence is clear: the fragments recovered from the site bear serial numbers matching a batch of BAE Systems components delivered to Ukraine via a Romanian intermediary in late January. This is not a 'stray bomb' story.
This is a countdown to a diplomatic rupture. The dead include two Russian servicemen and a civilian security guard. Their families will not get explanations from Downing Street.
The real scandal is not the attack itself, but the paper trail that leads from a Whitehall desk to a Moscow morgue.
