Top Vladimir Putin ally Dmitri Medvedev urged Russian forces to launch cluster munitions at Kyiv while Rishi Sunak visited the Ukrainian capital.
Writing on Telegram, he said: “British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Kyiv to sign a ‘historic security agreement.’
“How would the Western public react to the fact that the British delegation came under fire from cluster munitions in the centre of Kyiv, as happened to the civilians of our Belgorod?
“And one more thing: I hope that our eternal enemies, the arrogant British, understand that the deployment of their official military contingent in Ukraine will mean a declaration of war on our country.”
Medvedev, who was president of Russia from 2008 – 2012, is a staunch supporter of Putin and has a long history of threatening the West.
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