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British charge d'affaires in Russia Danae Dholakia
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British Charge d'Affaires in Russia Danae Dholakia was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry over London's increasing arms supplies to Kiev, the ministry said in a statement. The Russian Foreign Ministry lodged a strong protest against London’s continuously increasing supplies of drones and other weapons to the Kiev regime.
"On September 18, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned British Charge d’Affaires Danae Dholakia to lodge a strong protest against London’s continuously increasing supplies of drones and other weapons to the Kiev regime," the Ministry said in a statement.
TASS has compiled the key facts known so far.
MFA summons UK charge d'affaires
- British Charge d'Affaires in Russia Danae Dholakia was summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday over London's increasing arms supplies to Kiev, the ministry said.
- The British side was presented with "a list of international obligations it is violating by supporting Kiev."
- London was also briefed on the "comprehensive risks" associated with its destructive actions.
- Any British military facilities in Ukraine used to carry out strikes on Russian territory "are legitimate targets," the Foreign Ministry said.
- The UK was also urged "to abandon its escalatory policy and bring its actions into line with the relevant international obligations," the ministry said.
- "It was pointed out that through large-scale supplies of long-range offensive weapons, London was putting itself in the position of an accomplice to the Kiev regime’s brutal atrocities, which cannot be described other than terrorism and war crimes," the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed.
London's drone supplies to Kiev
- Moscow is entitled to regard Kiev's use of British-supplied drones for strikes deep inside Russian territory as London's direct involvement in the conflict, Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Dmitry Polyansky said.
- According to him, London announced plans in April to supply Kiev with 120,000 drones in 2026.
- More than 25,000 of these have already been delivered, Polyansky said.
London increases military spending
- UK Chief of the Defense Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton said in an interview with Sky News that Russia had significantly strengthened its military capabilities in recent years.
- He noted that the global security environment is becoming more dangerous and that the United Kingdom therefore needs to increase its military spending.
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