UK ambassador summoned to Kremlin: Moscow threatens to strike British military facilities following Cameron's Ukraine remark

Pierre Emmanuel Ngendakumana
Politico
Mon, 06 May 2024 18:09 UTC

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Former British Prime Minister David Cameron

U.K. foreign secretary's words confirm London's growing involvement in military operations on the side of Kyiv, according to the Kremlin.

"The ambassador was called upon to reflect on the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps by London and to immediately refute the belligerent provocative statements of the head of the Foreign Office in the most decisive and unequivocal way," the ministry said.

Cameron told Reuters last week that Ukraine has the "right" to use British-supplied weapons to strike Russia inside its own territory.

"Russian side views Cameron's words as evidence of a serious escalation and confirmation of London's growing involvement in military operations on the side of Kyiv," according to the Russian foreign affairs ministry.

Relations between the U.K and Russia have worsened since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, prompting London to impose sanctions on Moscow.

Earlier on Monday, Russia announced it has started preparing for nuclear weapons exercises, accusing Western officials of making "provocative statements and threats" by deepening their support for Ukraine.

Comment: Sky News elaborates on Camaron's completely insane pronouncement:

Russia has warned that Ukrainian strikes on its territory with UK-supplied weapons could bring retaliatory attacks against British military facilities and equipment on Ukrainian soil or elsewhere.

During a trip to Kyiv last week, Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said Ukraine "absolutely has the right" to strike back at targets inside Russia using British-supplied weapons.

Russia's foreign ministry said the UK's ambassador to Moscow had been "summoned" to make him "reflect on the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps by London".

The UK's Foreign Office, however, contested the claim saying the ambassador had not been "summoned" but he had just taken part in a diplomatic meeting with ministry officials.

British ambassador Nigel Casey was called in for a formal protest, the Russian foreign ministry claimed, as it said Lord Cameron's remarks recognised that Britain - which has given Ukraine billions of pounds worth of weapons to defend itself in the war against Russia - was now de-facto a part of the conflict.

"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 foreign ministry said.

"The ambassador was called upon to reflect on the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps by London and immediately refute the belligerent provocative statements of the head of the Foreign Office in the most decisive and unambiguous way."