Keir Starmer denies we are at war with Russia despite Putin claims we are now involved

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has insisted the UK "is not astatine war" with Russia contempt Vladimir Putin threatening to unleash a "new" benignant of rocket connected Britain

Keir Starmer has insisted the UK "is not astatine war" with Russia contempt Vladimir Putin threatening to unleash a "new" benignant of rocket connected Britain.

Russia has claimed the UK is present “directly involved” successful the warfare with Ukraine. The despot President threatened to onslaught backmost aft British-made Storm Shadow missiles were fired into Russian territory connected Wednesday.

It comes aft Putin this week changed the rules connected utilizing atomic weapons arsenic the menace of an all-out warfare grows. Asked astir Putin's comments, the PM said: "No, we're not astatine war. But Ukraine surely is, due to the fact that Ukraine has been invaded by Russia, and that warfare has present been going connected for conscionable implicit 1,000 days.

"That's a 1000 days of aggression from Russia and a 1000 days of sacrifice for Ukraine. And that is wherefore we've said consistently that we basal by Ukraine.

"We cannot let Putin to triumph this war." He dismissed Putin's "irresponsible rhetoric" and called for him to backmost down, stating: "This warfare could extremity contiguous if Putin stopped being the aggressor."

In a TV code connected Thursday, Putin warned occidental allies who supplied long-range missiles to Ukraine that their subject bases could beryllium targeted with Oreshnik missiles. The Russian person said: “We judge that we person the close to usage our weapons against subject facilities of the countries that let to usage their weapons against our facilities.

“And successful lawsuit of escalation of assertive actions, we volition respond resolutely successful a reflector way.” Putin said Russia would contented beforehand warnings earlier strikes connected different countries to let civilians to evacuate to safety.

And Russia's UK ambassador Andrei Kelin told Sky News: "Absolutely, Britain and UK is present straight progressive successful this war, due to the fact that this firing cannot hap without NATO staff, British unit arsenic well."