‘Desperate’ Putin slammed by No10 after Russia issues arrest warrant for award-winning Sun journalist Jerome Starkey 

DOWNING Street has condemned a Russian apprehension warrant issued for Sun writer Jerome Starkey, calling it an illustration of "desperate rhetoric" from Vladimir Putin's administration.

A tribunal successful Russia's Kursk borderline region has issued an apprehension warrant for Jerome Starkey, Defence Editor astatine The Sun, and enactment him connected an planetary wanted list.

The Kursk determination tribunal accused him of illegally crossing the borderline into Russia.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) had petitioned the tribunal saying a British national had entered Russia from Ukraine to movie a study successful August past year.

"It's conscionable different illustration of hopeless rhetoric from Putin's government. Of course, we condemn it," the Prime Minister's authoritative spokesperson said.

British journalists "shine a airy into immoderate of the darkest corners of the world, uncovering atrocities", helium added.

The spokesperson added: "Jerome Starkey's award-winning reporting from wrong Ukraine, exposing the details of Russia's amerciable warfare for millions of readers, is nary different.

"And if the Kremlin cannot withstand the British paper highlighting Ukraine's brave defence of its freedom, past frankly, Putin should rotation backmost his tanks, retreat his forces, and extremity the suffering of Ukrainian and Russian people.

"We volition ever basal with Ukraine, we volition ever basal by our escaped and fearless press."