UK regularly adds fuel to fire of Ukrainian conflict — Kremlin

MOSCOW, August 24. /TASS/. The UK regularly and methodically fuels the Ukrainian conflict and plots against the peace process, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

His statement comes following reports about London's plans to transfer data to Kiev for the production of long-range SCALP missiles in Ukraine.

"Britain methodically and regularly adds fuel to the fire [of the Ukrainian conflict]. And it methodically and regularly plots in order to prevent any development of the peaceful settlement process. This is exactly what the UK is doing," Peskov said at a news briefing.

The UK Prime Minister’s Office announced earlier in a statement that Prime Minister Andy Burnham would announce the transfer of classified data for the production of long-range SCALP missiles in Ukraine to Kiev during his official visit on August 24.

"The Prime Minister is set to announce that the Government has agreed that defense firm MBDA can release classified information on UK components for the long-range missile, SCALP, as Ukraine and France look to establish local assembly lines in Ukraine," the statement reads.

The SCALP (the French version of the British Storm Shadow) is an air-launched cruise missile equipped with a subsonic turbojet engine, an infrared homing system, and an onboard processor with GPS. It is capable of flying at very low altitudes (30-40 m).