London may become de jure party to Ukraine conflict — MFA

MOSCOW, September 24. /TASS/. The United Kingdom is providing the Kiev regime with "increasingly multifaceted support and assistance," thereby risking becoming a de jure party to the Ukraine conflict, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters.

According to him, by providing the Kiev regime with "unrestrained and increasingly multifaceted assistance and support," London is directly violating "a number of legally and politically binding documents, both bilateral and multilateral." "The UK has thereby put itself on the verge of transitioning from a de facto party to the conflict to a de jure party," Ryabkov said.

"We are issuing the strongest possible warning to the United Kingdom about the consequences of further escalation," he said. "They are risking their own security," he noted.

The senior diplomat pointed out that Moscow's position on the matter had been set out in detail in a note recently handed to the British charge d'affaires in Russia. "Unfortunately, we are having great difficulty breaking through the layers of their own illusions, delusions and prejudices to explain some basic things," he said, referring to contacts with UK counterparts.