UK Shares Storm Shadow Missile Blueprints with Ukraine in Burnham's First Trip Abroad

On his first foreign visit as prime minister, Andy Burnham gave Ukraine declassified Storm Shadow blueprints — technical schematics for a long-range cruise missile — enabling Kyiv to eventually manufacture its own. Announced on Ukraine's Independence Day, the transfer drew Kremlin condemnation, with spokesperson Dmitry Peskov accusing Britain of adding "fuel to the fire" and vowing to destroy production sites.