MPs have urged the British Government to take Vladimir Putin's threats of nuclear escalation more seriously
Russia will soon hold “sham referenda” in Ukrainian territory in an attempt to create another pretext for war, the Foreign Secretary has told the United Nations.
Western authorities are understood to be relaxed about what they regard as Kremlin “sabre rattling” and believe that the mobilisation of more Russian troops will only push Ukraine to step up its own offensives. He added: “We have information which means that we know that Russia is about to hold sham referenda on sovereign Ukrainian territory with no basis in law, under the threat of violence, after mass displacements of people in areas that voted overwhelmingly for Ukrainian independence.
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