Almost as though London doesn't really want peace at all.

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Vladimir Putin ally threatens to blow up iconic London landmark after UK drones destroy key Russian bridge

Apr 8 2026

A key Vladimir Putin ally has threatened to blow up a London landmark in revenge for British-made drones destroying a Russian-controlled bridge.

Pro-Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Kornilov said Westminster Bridge should burn after it emerged Ukraine used UK Malloy T-150 heavy-lift drones to blow up a bridge in Kherson, an oblast in eastern Ukraine under Russia's thumb.

Mr Kornilov, who himself as a British affairs specialist, condemned what he described as open boasting about "participation in acts of sabotage on Russian territory."

"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," he frothed.

He also labelled the Ukrainian operation a "terrorist attack."

The strike against the Konka river crossing, a distributary of the Dnipro, took place in March 2025 - but details of the British drone involvement only emerged on Tuesday.

Ukraine's 426th Unmanned Systems Regiment, a unit renowned for pioneering drone warfare techniques, executed the mission using the heavy-lift aircraft across more than 30 sorties spanning 60 days.

Throughout the operation, the drones transported an extraordinary 1.5 tonnes of explosives whilst evading Russian detection and defences.

Dramatic footage captured the moment blasts tore through the critical structure, which had been enabling Russian forces to threaten the city of Kherson.

Ukrainian forces had previously attempted to demolish the crossing on multiple occasions, deploying conventional strikes and American-supplied HIMARS rocket systems without success.

The breakthrough came when commanders assigned the task to the specialist 426th Regiment.

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