Liz Truss pictured riding tank in Latvia amid rising tensions with Russia
Earlier today a defence minister told parliament a nuclear war with Russia over Ukraine would be “a very unwelcome outcome”.
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UK should be ready for war with Russia, ex-armed forces boss warns
It comes as Liz Truss, UK’s foreign secretary, said this weekend that Putin has to intervene in the “shameful manufactured migrant crisis” unfolding at the Belarusian border.
Russia ‘will come to rescue’ of UK if needed during gas crisis – ambassador
"If it will be an opportunity, we will come to rescue, we will do what we can of course to alleviate difficult conditions which are now being created," Russia's ambassador to the UK has said.
Russia evacuates two villages in Siberia because of wildfires
Russian authorities started to evacuate two villages in a vast region of Siberia where 155 active forest fires burned on Sunday.
Tories ‘take £280k in Russia-related donations’ after report called for change
It comes a year after a report highlighted Russia tried to influence voters in the 2016 EU referendum and that the government failed to look into the problem.
Johnson puffs out chest as Kremlin threatens to bomb warships off Crimea
The prime minister intervened as the UK vowed to defy the Kremlin and continue travelling through the region.