Footage claiming to show them leaving the country. The Foreign Office here in london has yet to comment. For the very latest on this developing story, i spoke to our eastern European Correspondent sarah rainsford. I think the timing of this is key, its not accidental that this has been released, that this has been released, that this is happening precisely as those discussions are taking place in washington about whether or not ukraine can use western long range missiles to strike inside russia. They are absolutely connected. Its interesting looking of a statement from the fsb, the russian security agency, when they are talking about X Bellingham essentially six members of the british embassy, accusing them of espionage and subversive activity. It is interesting, they also go on to talk about britain being responsible for escalating what they describe as the military political situation right now, they say britain is coordinating all of this and claiming that there is a department of t
National security, but did not name any of the diplomats. It said the move was a measure against multiple unfriendly acts. Its not clear whether the diplomats are currently in russia. In response, the Foreign Office here in london says that russia had revoked the staff members diplomatic accreditation last months and that russias accusations against them were completely baseless. The statement adds that the uk was unapologetic about protecting its national interests. For the very latest on this developing story, i spoke to our eastern European Correspondent sarah rainsford. I think the timing of this is key, its not accidental that this has been released, that this is happening precisely as those discussions are taking place in washington about whether or not ukraine can use western long range missiles to strike inside russia. They are absolutely connected. Its interesting looking of a statement from the fsb, the russian security agency, talking about expelling essentially six members
On thursday, President Putin warned western governments not to let ukraine Target Russia with western arms. We can cross live now to warsaw and speak to our eastern Europe Correspondent Sarah Rainsford. Always good to talk to you. First of all, i wanted your reaction to the news of the expulsion. Reaction to the news of the Emulsion Reaction to the news of the expulsion. Yes, i think it is fair to say expulsion. Yes, i think it is fair to say the expulsion. Yes, i think it is fair to say the timing expulsion. Yes, i think it is fair to say the timing is expulsion. Yes, i think it is fair to say the timing is no | fair to say the timing is no accident. I think this is quite clearly, the timing of the announcement, linked to the talks are taking place. It should be allowed to use long range Western Missiles. I think it is connected as a statement to what we had from the fsb, the Security Service in russia. They say that they remove the accreditation from six british diplomats at the Brit
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It is their direct participation and this of course significantly changes the very essence of the conflict. This will mean that nato countries, the united states, european countries, are fighting with russia. Meanwhile, moscow s defence ministry says its forces have recaptured 10 settlements over the past two days and that ukraine s military has suffered heavy casualties. But president zelensky says kyiv anticipated russia s counteroffensive and knows how to respond. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has been following russia s defence strategy from moscow. A music video from the russian military. Allegedly showing it targeting ukrainian troops across the board of the it s presented like a blockbuster. In reality, this is a huge problem for russia. The governor of the kursk bridge and put it in vigors. He told vladimir putin that ukrainian soldiers had seized 28 settlements in his region. The kremlin leader cut him off or stop leave the numbers to the military, he said. Translation