The Foreign Secretary will give a statement to MPs on the latest situation as the Kremlin continues to uptake rhetoric on war.
Putin sparked alarm last night after announcing that he wanted Russia’s nuclear weapons to be placed on stand-by as his attack on Ukraine continues to fail to go as planned.
In televised remarks, the Russian President said: “Senior officials of the leading Nato countries also allow aggressive statements against our country, therefore I order the minister of defence and the chief of the general staff to transfer the deterrence forces of the Russian army to a special mode of combat duty.”
He added: “Western countries aren’t only taking unfriendly actions against our country in the economic sphere, but top officials from leading Nato members made aggressive statements regarding our country.”
More to follow…
