British ambassador Nigel Casey was called to the foreign ministry in Moscow for a formal protest following foreign secretary David Cameron’s comments last week that Ukraine had the right to use British weapons to strike Russia.
Mr Casey was warned that “in response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory with British weapons, any British military facilities and equipment on the territory of Ukraine and abroad”, could be targeted, the ministry said, calling Lord Cameron’s remarks a serious escalation.
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