We won't be bullied by Putin

Lammy blasts 'shameless grandstanding' after Russian despot's war threats to Nató

- ASHLEY COWBURN

DAVID Lammy has warned Vladimir Putin Britain will not be bullied by the dictator's threats of all-out war with Nato.

The Foreign Secretary yesterday accused the Russian president of grandstanding and urged him to end his war with Ukraine.

Talks continue over whether to give Volodymyr Zelensky permission to use UK Storm Shadow weapons on Russian bases, which Putin warns would put the West in conflict with Moscow.

But Mr Lammy hit back: "Putin said don't send tanks. We sent them.