UK Says ‘All Options Are on the Table’ if Russia Uses Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
david waker
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UK Says 'All Options Are on the Table' if Russia Uses Chemical Weapons in Ukraine
All options will be on the table in how the West responds to whatever the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by Russia, the British Armed Forces Minister James Hearpey said on Tuesday.
British Foreign Minister Liz Truss said on Monday England to work with his partners to verify the details of the report that Russian forces might have used chemical agents in the attack in Mariupol City in Southeast Ukraine, where thousands of people were believed to have died while approaching Siege seven weeks.
There are a number of things that are outside pale, and the use of chemical weapons will get a response and all the options are on the table for what the response is, “said Heappey to Sky News, adding that British defense intelligence has so far been unable. To verify the report.
Asked on the LBC radio whether he could rule out this included deploying British or NATO troops on the land of Ukraine, Hearpey said: “No, all the choices are on the table.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Russia could use chemical weapons in his country and asked the West to impose stronger sanctions on Moscow who would block such weapons.
If chemical weapons have been used, it is a very important moment for our prime minister and other government heads around the world to consider how we will respond to it, “Hearpey told BBC TV.
Russia President Vladimir Putin must be clear that the use of chemical weapons is completely unacceptable and he should not expect the West to stand up if they are used.”
