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Daily Mirror
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Dave Burke

Key Putin ally says assassinating Brits is 'legitimate' in 'undeclared war'

A former Russian President has said it is "legitimate" to assassinate British politicians and officials - saying the UK has launched an "undeclared war" against Moscow.

Dmitry Medvedev - now deputy chairman of Vladimir Putin's security council - branded Britain an "eternal enemy" of the Russian state and said officials are a "legitimate military target".

Mr Medvedev, a close ally of the warmonger President, made the remarks after Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said Ukraine had the right to "project force beyond its borders" into Russia.

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