Vladimir Putin has issued a chilling warning to the UK over its prospective plans to provide Ukraine with fighter jets to defend its country from Russian invaders.
Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky reiterated his request for the airpower in a speech to the UK parliament on Wednesday.
But the Russian Embassy in London was quick to respond, issuing a statement warning the British government that a decision to provide the warplanes would be "on London's conscience" because of the "bloodshed, next round of escalation, and subsequent military and political ramifications for the European continent and the entire globe".