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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Rachel Wearmouth & Dan Bloom

UK sends lethal weapons and military support to Ukraine and reviews Russian TV channel

Britain will send more weapons to Ukraine and Ofcom is to launch a review of Kremlin-controlled channel Russia Today's broadcasting licence, Boris Johnson has said.

It comes after Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Vladimir Putin had gone "full tonto" in his invasion on Ukraine, with Russian attacks feared in the days and weeks ahead.

Speaking in the Commons, the Prime Minister said "in light of the increasingly threatening behaviour" more defensive weapons would be sent to Ukraine and that regulator Ofcom had been asked to look at RT's licence.

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