Sir Keir Starmer’s government sent UK missiles to bomb Russian people and territory.
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- Full FactThough it was reported last month that the UK had given Ukraine permission to use UK-supplied missiles against military targets within Russia, the government has since said this is not the case. UK-supplied weapons are allowed to be used against Russian military targets within Ukraine and the occupied Crimean peninsula.
2024-08-12
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