Tag: Russia

Washington correspondent Nomia Iqbal said the Ukrainian ambassador’s statement was "one for the history books."

Volodymyr Zelensky urged every fit military-aged Ukrainian man to take up arms and defend the country against Russia.

Brexit will be a "boon to the terror groups already active inside and outside Europe’s borders, to the Russian dictator who is crashing through those borders, and it would reduce the ability of the UK and Europe to resist these assaults."

“The European Union will respond in the strongest possible terms," Ursula von der Leyen said.

Attacks were reported across Ukraine from around 3am, including in several western cities, close to the border with Poland.

Denouncing UK sanctions, Daria Kaleniuk said: "Putin is attacking my country, so I beg you to stand up for Ukraine."

Vladimir Putin said other countries attempts to interfere with the Russian action would result in “consequences they have never seen”.

A Foreign Office minister said many British citizens of Russian origin oppose Putin.

"The Tory party are almost entirely funded by Russian oligarchs, most of whom are sanctioned," he said.