No, the British defence minister isn’t ready to send nukes to Ukraine

The Russian media have been circulating a video that they say shows the British Minister of Defence Ben Wallace is ready to send nuclear weapons to Ukraine. Turns out, however, that Russian YouTubers edited this video. © Observers

Russian YouTubers spoke to British Minister of Defence Ben Wallace by pretending they were the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyha and then released a video on March 17 featuring excerpts making it sound like the British minister would support Ukraine with nuclear weapons. The video spread like wildfire on social media and in Russian media outlets. But the edited video is misleading. In reality, the British minister preached caution in using nuclear weapons.

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