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Britain on Thursday said it would revoke the accreditation of a Russian diplomat, in retaliation to a similar move made by Moscow last year.
Russia had in November said that it was expelling a British diplomat for spying, though London denied the accusation.
In a statement on Thursday, Britain’s Foreign Office said that it had summoned the Russian ambassador to announce its decision, saying it was in response to Russia’s unprovoked and baseless decision to strip the accreditation of a British diplomat in Moscow in November.
“Any further action taken by Russia will be considered an escalation and responded to accordingly,” the statement added.
According to the statement, which did not name the British diplomat or the Russian official whose accreditation is due to be revoked, Britain will not stand for intimidation of our staff in this way, calling its decision a reciprocal action.
The Russian embassy in London has not yet commented on the development.
The Eastern Updates gathered that Relations between Britain and Russia have plunged to post-Cold War lows since the start of the Ukraine war.
Britain has joined successive waves of sanctions against Russia and provided arms to Ukraine.
North Korean ballistic missiles fired at Ukraine by Russian forces have become far more precise over time, according to senior Ukrainian military officials.
Vladimir Putin’s invading forces have been using imported North Korean projectiles since the end of 2023, and their accuracy and performance have changed drastically since then.
All the more than 20 ballistic missiles that hit Ukraine over the past several weeks landed within 50-100m of their intended target, the sources said.
This is not only helping Russia in its war effort but also improving North Korea’s military capabilities, they warned.
Meanwhile, the first batch of French Mirage 2000 fighter jets arrived in Ukraine, the French armed forces minister Sebastien Lecornu announced this morning.
