Eastern europe correspondent. She explaIned the tImIng of the announcement of the expulsIon. Yeah, I thInk Its faIr to say that the tImIng Is no accIdent. I thInk thIs Is quIte clearly, or the tImIng of the announcement certaInly Is quIte clearly lInked to those talks that are takIng place now over whether or not ukraIne should be allowed to use long range western mIssIles to fIre deep wIthIn russIa at targets there. So I thInk It Is a connected statement that weve seen today from the fsb, the SecurIty ServIce In russIa. Now, what theyre sayIng Is that they have expelled or removed the accredItatIon from sIx brItIsh dIplomats at the brItIsh embassy In moscow, who they were accusIng of IntellIgence actIvItIes and subversIve actIons. But I thInk Its the language around that whIch Is perhaps more IndIcatIve, because what the fsb Is claImIng Is that the brItIsh government, the brItIsh ForeIgn OffIce, Is specIfIcally engaged In subversIon In russIa. It says theres an entIre department whIch
Emerged of Russias Expulsion of six british diplomats from moscow, accusing them of spying and sabotage, claims the Uk Government says are completely baseless. The kremlin said london had engaged in Multiple Unfriendly Acts and that actions of the British Embassy In Moscow aimed to cause harm to russias people, but the Uk Government says it believes the suspension came after it brought in measures against the russian embassy earlier in the year. Well discuss the expulsion of those diplomats shortly and also how the west is interpreting those comments from President Putin, but first our political editor chris mason, whos travelling with the british Prime Minister, has been talking about the meeting with President Biden about ukraine. They met at the White House injuly, shortly after the Prime Minister had taken office and won the uk general election. He was here for a nato summit. This time it is a specific visit entirely based around a meeting with the president in what is in plain sig
Countries were fighting with russia. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. What we heard from vladimir putin today was a clear warning to the west do not do this, do not allow ukraine to use your missiles to strike russian territory. What we didn t hear from vladimir putin was what russia s going to do if this actually happens. He talked about taking appropriate decisions but without any detail. Now, what might those decisions be? well, in the past, president putin has proposed providing advanced long range weapons to western adversaries, to strike western targets abroad. He s also suggested in the past deploying conventional missiles within striking distance of america and its european allies. Now, russian officials many times have accused the west of fighting russia, waging war against russia, on the territory of ukraine. Putin made it clear today that if this goes ahead, if western missiles are used to target russian territory, this will take things to a whole new level. So
Us and brItaIn gIve permIssIon then PresIdent PutIn says they wIll Be at war wIth russIa. The telegraph, Uk MIssIles are vItal to stop putIn. The guardIan, starmer stIll spIttIng, you started thIs war, you can end It any tIme. That fIgure star putIn. The maIl, nanny starmer s Ban Onjunk Star putIn. The maIl, nanny starmer s ban on Junk Food ads, star putIn. The maIl, nanny starmer s ban onJunk Food ads, and an unsustaInable path on overspendIng accordIng to the obr today. What you thInk about thIs warnIng from PresIdent PutIn that If we gIve permIssIon For these mIssIles to Be used In russIan terrItory, he says we are at war wIth them . I terrItory, he says we are at war wIth them . TerrItory, he says we are at war wIth them . I thInk ukraIne has a rIaht to wIth them . I thInk ukraIne has a rIght to defend wIth them . I thInk ukraIne has a rIght to defend Itself wIth them . I thInk ukraIne has a rIght to defend Itself and wIth them . I thInk ukraIne has a rIght to defend Itself and sho