Russia’s defence minister has described levels of cooperation with Britain as “close to zero” and in danger of going into “negative” territory as he received the UK defence secretary, Ben Wallace, in Moscow for talks meant to de-escalate tensions with the west.
Sergei Shoigu began his meeting with Wallace by attacking the UK’s deliveries of lethal arms and military trainers to Ukraine, which Wallace claims would only be useful for defence in case of a potential invasion.
