Ukraine’s ambassador pleads with Sir Keir Starmer to let his country strike Russia with UK-made Storm Shadow missiles

UKRAINE’S ambassador yesterday pleaded with Sir Keir Starmer to fto his state onslaught Russia.

Valerii Zaluzhnyi urged the PM to fto UK-made Storm Shadow missiles beryllium fired implicit the border.

He told Labour’s conference: “If Russia fires missiles astatine immoderate targets successful Ukraine it’s Ukraine’s close to respond successful benignant by hitting subject targets wrong Russia. It’s the rule of self-defence.”

The Foreign Secretary refused to corroborate if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy volition soon beryllium fixed the go-ahead to occurrence Western weapons.

But Mr Lammy said: “I told Zelensky, this Labour Government volition ever basal with his courageous hope.

“We request to amusement Putin that Britain and its allies are not going anyplace which is wherefore this Government has accrued enactment to Ukraine, and we’ve committed £3bn a twelvemonth successful subject assistance arsenic agelong arsenic it takes.

He added: “We request to nonstop different connection to Vladimir Putin.

“Your interference successful our democracy, promoting disinformation and encouraging upset connected our streets, encouraging kleptocrats to store their ill-gotten gains successful our spot market, indispensable end.”

Earlier successful the month, Mr Antony Blinken said the UK and the US would “look and listen” to Ukraine's petition to assistance restrictions connected firing astatine Russia - which risked the wrath of Putin.

He was acceptable to study backmost to Joe Biden and Sir Keir Starmer who were owed to conscionable successful Washington to sermon the matter.

The question came aft Ukraine blitzed Moscow with its biggest ever drone attack.