What is behind Russia’s ‘consequences’ threat over UK sending drones to Ukraine?

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Britain has supplied more militarily significant munitions to Kyiv before but there are political reasons for Moscow’s remarksEurope live – latest updatesRussia’s embassy in London has accused the UK of “deliberately opt

Britain has supplied more militarily significant munitions to Kyiv before but there are political reasons for Moscow’s remarks Russia’s embassy in London has accused the UK of “deliberately opting for an escalation of the Ukraine crisis, while hypocritically professing a desire for peace” after it emerged over the weekend that Britain was supplying attack drones to Kyiv.

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