UK and allies discuss arming Moldova with ‘Nato standard’ weapons

Liz Truss says the threat from Russia is broader than Ukraine and applies to other vulnerable states such as Moldova. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, has disclosed that the UK has begun discussions with its international allies about sending modern weaponry to Moldova to protect it from Russia.

She said that she wants to see the country, which is to the south-west of Ukraine, “equipped to Nato standard.”