Moscow March 5 2022: Russia’s foreign ministry has released a statement taking direct aim at the British government for its support of Ukraine.
Maria Zakharova, the foreign ministry spokesperson, says Russia won’t forget the UK’s cooperation with Kyiv, or with what she calls the “ultra-nationalist forces of Ukraine”, according Russian media.
“The sanctions hysteria in which London plays one of the leading, if not the main, roles, leaves us no choice but to take proportionately tough retaliatory measures,” she said, adding that British interests in Russia would be “undermined” by Moscow’s response.
The official narrative in Russia is that the threat to civilians in Ukraine comes not from Russian forces, but from “Ukrainian nationalists”.
The UK government has provided weapons and financial aid to Ukraine amid the invasion.
