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Russian President Putin at a meeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday
Russia expelled a British diplomat on Tuesday. According to the report of Russian news agency TASS, Russia's Foreign Ministry has alleged that the British diplomat had come to the country for the purpose of espionage and had given false information about himself.
The Foreign Ministry said that due to violation of Russian law, the diplomat's diplomatic recognition has been canceled and he has been asked to leave Russia within two weeks.
The British Foreign Ministry said on the decision to expel the diplomat that this is not the first time that Russia has made baseless allegations against British employees. They will respond at the right time.
The name of the British diplomat is said to be Edward Wilkes. Wilkes' photo was shown on different TV channels in Russia.
Claim in French newspaper – British-French army will soon go to Ukraine The report of French newspaper Le Monde claims that Britain and France are considering sending troops to Ukraine. Quoting sources, the newspaper has claimed that during PM Keir Starmer's visit to Paris in early November, he had talks with President Macron on the deployment of troops in Ukraine.
However, the British government has termed this claim as 'false'. Britain's Defense Minister David Lammy said that he will continue to support Ukraine but there is no truth in the news of sending troops there.
Britain sent a new batch of Storm Shadow missiles
Britain has recently sent a new batch of Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine. Storm Shadow has a range of more than 250 km. It has been in use since the early 2000s. Britain and France have jointly developed this weapon. The French version of this is known as 'scalpe'.
On November 18, the US had given Ukraine permission to use the long-range missile – Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). After this, Britain also gave approval to Ukraine to use Shadow Storm missiles. In response, Russia launched a new medium-range hypersonic missile 'Orashnik' on Ukraine.
France wants to destroy Ukraine: Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has already warned that the deployment of Western forces in Ukraine could lead to serious conflict in Europe and global conflict. Putin said that Russia reserves the right to attack military facilities of countries that allow their weapons to be used against it.
On the other hand, regarding the sending of troops by Britain and France, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has said that we are investigating the authenticity of this media report. Any Russian attack with the green light from France would only harm Ukraine. Zakharova alleges that France wants to destroy Ukraine.
Macron had said that it is necessary to send army so that Russia can be prevented from winning.
Media reports claim that France and Britain can send employees of private defense companies to Ukraine to train soldiers and maintain equipment sent from Western countries. After the disclosure of this report, the spokesperson of the French Foreign Ministry said in a program that there is no restriction in sending troops to Ukraine. Earlier, in February, President Macron had expressed his desire to send ground troops to Ukraine, so that Russia could be prevented from winning the Ukraine war.
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