The Prime Minister has warned on Thursday that Vladimir Putin is “menacing Britain’s skies, waters, streets and national security,” and he has an “appetite for conflict and chaos.”
Sir Keir Starmer said that Russian warplanes have been heading to the UK on many occasions, our undersea infrastructure is at risk as Russian spy ships have sailing in our waters,
Starmer said there has been assassination attacks in the Uk, referencing the Salisbury’s poisonings in 2018 and in 2006 the former Russian spy Alexander Litvenenko was assassinated after he poisoned with a lethal dose of polonium-210 by Russian intelligence officers.
The Prime Minister warned that by not forcing Putin to end this war it will have a “choke hold” on Europe.
Speaking in Hull Starmer said, “We know some basics: Putin’s appetite for conflict and for chaos is already there, and it will only grow.
“And Russia is already menacing our skies, our waters, our streets and our national security.”
“I profoundly believe that if we don’t secure a just peace and a lasting peace, then that insecurity, which we’ve already felt, will continue,” he added.
“And that means, here, higher prices, higher bills, the cost-of-living crisis going on for even longer – if you like, a choke hold on our future, which will be much, much harder for us to tackle.”
