
Boris Johnson to visit Russia-Ukraine region and speak with Putin
The Prime Minister has already asked UK defence to consider further military options in the region amid rising tensions.
The Prime Minister has already asked UK defence to consider further military options in the region amid rising tensions.
Moscow has denied plans to invade its former Soviet neighbour, despite the build-up of 100,000 Russian troops on its Ukraine border.
Which regiments would be deployed by the UK isn’t clear, with speculation it could be personnel from the new Army Ranger Regiment.
As tensions with Russia grows, the alliance's presence in the region continues to expand.
Estonia's Deputy Chief of Defence fears Moscow isn't heeding NATO warnings not to invade Ukraine.
The military organisation comprises 30 member states and conducts security operations around the world.
Boris Johnson said warned Russia an invasion of Ukraine "could be a new Chechnya" as British staff at the embassy in Kyiv were withdrawn.
It comes after the UK accused Vladimir Putin of plotting to install a pro-Moscow leader in Ukraine.
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Dominic Raab also said the world needs to "be very clear with President Putin that it would not do this cost-free".
Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schoenbach said Ukraine would not regain the Crimean Peninsula and Vladimir Putin deserved "respect".
The Foreign Office named five Ukrainian politicians who, it said, maintained links with the Russian intelligence services.
The Russian defence minister has accepted the UK Defence Secretary's invitation to discuss the situation, it is understood.
It comes amid fears Russia will invade Ukraine after massing tens of thousands of troops at the border.
The president said if any "Russian units move across the Ukrainian border, that is an invasion" and Moscow would "pay a heavy price".
Defence Secretary confirmed the first weapons systems arrived in Ukraine today, with British troops to train Ukrainian forces on them.