Russian ambassador blames UK in part for Ukraine’s drone attacks
Russian envoy points finger at Britain over Ukraine’s covert drone strikes
- Russian Ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, has partly blamed Britain for Ukraine's recent drone attacks, accusing Kyiv of escalating the conflict and risking World War III, in an interview with Sky News.
- Kelin suggested the drone attacks, including Operation Spider's Web, involved high technology and geospaced data provided by London and Washington.
- Kelin urged Ukraine to “not try to engulf World War III”.
- The British Council has been barred from re-entering Russia, with Moscow claiming its employees could be spies, according to Russian news agency Tass.
- The British Council ceased operations in Russia in 2018, and Moscow now asserts that interacting with the organisation entails administrative and criminal liability.