Putin’s ‘irresponsible nuclear rhetoric’ will not deter UK support for Ukraine

Sir Keir Starmer during a press conference as he attends the G20 summit in Rio (PA) - (PA Wire)

Russia’s “irresponsible rhetoric” on nuclear weapons will not deter UK support for Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Vladimir Putin has lowered the threshold for nuclear weapons on the 1,000th day of the Ukraine war, a day after the US gave the war-torn nation permission to use its long-range weaponry to fire into Russia.