Updated: 14 September 2024
Russia has revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats for espionage and for threatening regional and global security. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it has obtained documents that confirm London’s coordination of the escalation of the international military-political situation.
The agency alleged that Britain supported subversive policies in Russia to help Ukraine get a strategic victory over the Kremlin. It added that this was organized by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate (EECAD).
The FSB said the EECAD became a machinery working against Moscow following the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in February 2022. It went on to describe the British diplomats as a security threat.
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UK and US Ready to Take On Russia
The world is seeing a renewed exchange of words between Western leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was in Washington to talk with the US President about taking on Russia head-on by allowing Ukraine to use long-range missiles.
Putin told Russian media that it’s not about allowing Ukraine to strike Russia with the weapons, but whether or not NATO countries are directly involved in a military conflict. But Starmer defended his support for Ukraine to use the Western Storm Shadow long-range missiles. He said it was Russia who started the war in the first place.
The British PM added that the Kremlin caused the war, is acting unlawfully and Ukraine has the right to self-defense. As such, the UK has been empowering Ukraine with capacity and training its military. Putin warned NATO against war, saying it could trigger a nuclear conflict.
