Russia has threatened retaliation for any attacks with UK-supplied arms against its territory
FILE PHOTO: Crimean Bridge. © Sputnik / Konstantin Mihalchevskiy
Ukraine can use any weapons supplied by the UK to launch strikes on Russia’s Crimean Peninsula, Defense Secretary Grant Shapps confirmed to journalists on Tuesday. London considers the region, which joined Russia in 2014 following a referendum, to be an “integral part of Ukraine,” he said.
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