Russian troops are mounting on the Ukraine border and the Foreign Office has accused Moscow of plotting to install a puppet leader in Kyiv. Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK has vowed to "fight to the death".
Summary
- The UK will stand “shoulder to shoulder” with Ukraine but it is “extremely unlikely” British troops will be sent to the Russian border, Dominic Raab has said.
- The deputy prime minister said the UK and other nations will enforce economic and financial sanctions on Moscow if Russia invades Ukraine - as troops mount at the border.
- Foreign Office accuses Moscow of plotThe deputy PM’s comments come after the UK’s Foreign Office accused Russia on Saturday night of a shadowy plot to install a pro-Kremlin government in Kyiv.
- But Yevhen Murayevm, who owns a television channel in Ukraine, said the accusation against him was “stupidity and nonsense”.
- “If I have to listen to somebody saying Ukrainians can’t have weapons then Germany should be at the end of the line.”