Russia and Iran accused of escalating Ukraine war

David Lammy, the Foreign Secretary, called Iran’s move to provide ballistic missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine a “significant and dangerous escalation”. Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv alongside Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State, Mr Lammy said: “It is Putin who has escalated this week with the shipment of ballistic missiles from Iran and we’re seeing this new axis, Russia, Iran, North Korea.” “This is a significant and dangerous escalation [in the war],” he declared. On Tuesday, Washington accused the Russian military of having received shipments of Iranian Fatah-360 ballistic missiles. The announcement comes as Mr Zelensky once again called on Britain and America to make a “strong decision” by letting him use long-range missiles deep in Russian land, reinforcing that “any restrictions” needed to be lifted. Neither Mr Lammy nor Mr Blinken provided an update over whether restrictions would be lifted. However, Mr Blinken said talks had occurred in Ukraine and President Joe Biden will be briefed on what he heard. Read more: #ukraine #russia #iran