Russia’s UK ambassador Andrei Kelin has pointed the finger at the UK, claiming that Ukraine must have received assistance in its recent drone attacks.
Accusing Britain of playing a major role in the covert operation by providing intelligence, Kelin warned that Ukraine’s attacks risk escalating the conflict to “World War III”
In an interview with Sky News, he said Ukraine’s actions were “bringing the conflict to a different level of escalation” and warned that Kyiv should “not try to engulf World War Three”.
Sky News reports: More than a hundred Ukrainian drones were deployed inside Russia over the weekend, destroying more than 40 warplanes in an attack Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “will undoubtedly be in history books”.
Mr Kelin pointed the finger at the UK when he said Ukraine must have had assistance in the attacks.
“[This] kind of attack involves, of course, provision of very high technology, so-called geospaced data, which only can be done by those who have it in possession. And this is London and Washington,” he said.
“I don’t believe that America [is involved], that has been denied by President Trump, definitely, but it has not been denied by London.
“We perfectly know how much London is involved, how deeply British forces are involved in working together with Ukraine.”
On Wednesday, Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” that Russia “will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields”.