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Torcuil Crichton

War in Ukraine: Defence Minister backs attacks on Russian territory using weapons donated by UK

A UK Minister has backed Ukrainian troops carrying out strikes in Russian soil using weapons provided by Britain.

Armed Forced Minister James Heappey endorsed Ukraine’s right to launch attacks on Russia and said it was “not necessarily a problem” for them to use British weapons to do so.

Heappey said the UK believed it was “completely legitimate” for Ukraine to identify Russian targets in Russia in order to disrupt attacks on Ukraine.

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