Russia says it won't forget UK's support for Ukraine in terrifying threat
dailystar.co.ukRussia will not forget Britain's desire to co-operate with ultra-nationalist forces in Ukraine and the supply of British weapons to the Kyiv regime," The Mirror reports.
She continued: "The sanctions hysteria in which London plays one of the leading, if not the main, roles, leaves us no choice but to take proportionately tough retaliatory measures.
London has made a final choice of open confrontation with Russia."Such a development convinces us once more that Russophobia and the aim to undermine the Russian state are integral elements of Britain's foreign policy." This statement comes after Boris Johnson unveiled the "largest and most severe package" of sanctions "that Russia has ever seen" after Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February.
Despite Russia's anger towards the UK, the Prime Minister has been criticised for imposing sanctions on just 15 individual Russians, including Putin and his Foreign Minister.In sharp contrast, the EU has imposed sanctions and travel bans on 702 people, including all the members of the Russian parliament, and more than 50 organisations with links to Putin.Mr Johnson previously said: “For as long as Putin continues his barbaric attack on innocent Ukrainians we will continue to exert every power we have to inflict maximum economic pain on Putin and his war machine.”The latest threat is not the first time Russia made a statement against Britain since the start of the invasion.Last week Vladimir Putin attempted to blame Foreign Secretary Liz Truss for his own threat about using nuclear weapons.According to the Interfax news agency, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a press briefing: "I would not call the authors of these statements by name, although it was the British foreign.
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