Ukraine-Russia war latest: UK tells UN it will confront Putin’s planes if they violate Nato airspace
Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper has said the UK will confront Russian planes violating Nato’s airspace as she warned Moscow of risking “direct armed confrontation” with the Western alliance.
“We stand ready to take all steps necessary to defend Nato’s skies and Nato’s territory. We are vigilant. We are resolute. And if we need to confront planes that are operating in Nato airspace without permission then we will do so,” she said, addressing Vladimir Putin in her remarks at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
Ukraine and its allies met in New York yesterday to discuss Russian fighter jet and drone incursions into Nato member states Estonia, Poland and Romania’.
Russian incursions into Nato airspace “risk miscalculation” and “open the door to direct armed confrontation between Nato and Russia,” Ms Cooper said.
Meanwhile, Russian president Vladimir Putin has offered Donald Trump an extension to a nuclear deal between Russia and the US, a deal the Trump administration has said is “pretty good”.
