Starmer insisted 'it is for Ukraine to decide' how to use the British long-range weapons? Russia issued a ‘warning’ to London

Keir Starmer and Zelensky

Moscow issued a warning to new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there would be a response if the UK allowed Ukraine to strike Russia with British weapons, writes ‘The Daily Mail’.

Even immediately UK's MoD reported, that ‘Ukraine has no permission to use British storm shadow missiles to strike Russia’.

The comments came after Sir Keir told reporters en route to Washington for NATO's 75th-anniversary summit that decisions on the use of UK-supplied long-range Storm Shadow missiles were for the Ukrainian armed forces to make.

But Sir Keir said that Kyiv could now use the missiles to strike targets on Russian soil in the face of ongoing attacks.

Peskov said such a move would be an 'absolutely irresponsible step towards escalating tensions', adding the Kremlin would 'carefully record all of this and of course take appropriate measures'.

The thinly veiled threat from Vladimir Putin's spokesman came as Britain's armed forces minister said the Government will aim to complete its strategic defence review in less than a year, amid warnings from former military chiefs that Britain is unprepared for the threat of war.

…This is Mr Starmer as he is. Real gentlemen:

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