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
To strike russian territory. He said this would change the nature of the conflict, and mean the us and other nato countries were fighting with russia. The british prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, who is currently heading to washington, is expected to discuss the use of such missiles with President Biden on friday. Damian grammaticas reports. Two and a half years after vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine, and almost nightly russian bombs and missiles continue to batter the country. Strikes launched from deep inside russia. To counter these, ukraine has for months been urging the west to allow it to use the long range weapons they already supply to hit back, against airfields, logistics and military targets that sustain these assaults, and to blunt the Advances Russia is making on the ground. For ukraine, the timing, with winter coming, is critical, so on the agenda for Sir Keir Starmer heading to washington with the foreign secretary, whether to green light attacks on russi
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