The 24 British towns most exposed to hybrid attack threat from Putin

UK defence manufacturing sites and military bases present attractive targets for Russian surveillance and sabotage operations

Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria is home to one of Britain's most sensitive military manufacturing sites, in the shape of the BAE Systems nuclear submarine assembly plant (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty) Cahal Milmo close Cancel email X WhatsApp Facebook link share Share bookmark Save There are 24 UK towns and cities in Vladimir Putin’s crosshairs, as Russia opens a new and more intense chapter in its “grey zone” attacks against Nato countries.

In the space of a few days, Russian forces fired near a Danish military helicopter, attacked a Ukrainian railway network where Western national security officials – and former prime minister Boris Johnson – were travelling, and fired a drone near a Nato jet in Lithuania.