A Kremlin state television presenter has called for the spire of Salisbury Cathedral to “fall on the head of James Cleverly” after the foreign secretary expressed support for Ukrainian attacks inside Russia.
Olga Skabeyeva said she wanted to impale Cleverly with the needle, referencing the excuse used by two Russian assassins in the 2018 Novichok poisonings. The two Moscow agents had claimed they were ordinary tourists desperate to see the magnificent ‘spire’. of 123 metres’ from Salisbury Cathedral on the same day that double agent Sergei Skripal was poisoned in the city.
He smartly said yesterday that Ukraine has the right to ‘project force’ beyond its own borders for self-defense following reports of an alleged Ukrainian drone strike in Moscow.
The Kremlin subsequently threatened that British officials were now “legitimate military targets” for Moscow following the Foreign Secretary’s statement.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned that any British public official seen as “facilitating” Ukraine in its defense against Russia would be targeted.
Olga Skabeyeva said she wanted to impale James Cleverly with the needle, referencing the excuse used by two Russian assassins in the 2018 Novichok poisonings.
“In return, we believe that in order to render Cleverly harmless, we need, for example, to make the well-known Salisbury needle fall directly on his head,” Olga Skabeyeva said.
James Cleverly holds up an SA80 service rifle as he meets military officials on HMS Albion in Estonia on Tuesday.
In her extraordinary spiraling tirade against Cleverly, translated by the BBC’s Francis Scarr, Skabeyeva said: “NATO has expressed its approval of Zelensky’s attacks on Moscow. The British foreign minister wisely said that Ukraine has a legitimate right to defend itself and can use force beyond its borders.
“According to Cleverly, legitimate military targets beyond Ukraine’s borders are part of kyiv’s self-defense and the West must recognize this now.
“Leaving Russia harmless is apparently completely legitimate.
‘In return, we believe that to render Cleverly harmless, we need, for example, to make the familiar Salisbury needle fall directly on his head.
‘Completely legit. Do you agree?’ she said, frowning towards the camera.’
Former Russian President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, a close Putin ally and deputy on the country’s security council, also lashed out after Cleverly’s statement he made during a visit to Estonia.
Medvedev tweeted: “Today the UK acts as an ally of Ukraine by providing it with military aid in the form of equipment and specialists, i.e. it is de facto leading an undeclared war against Russia.
“That being so, any of its public officials (whether military or civilian, who facilitate the war) can be considered a legitimate military target.”
Alexander Petrov (left) and Ruslan Boshirov (right) claimed they were ordinary tourists desperate to see the magnificent ‘123-metre spire’ of Salisbury Cathedral on the same day double agent Sergei Skripal was poisoned in 2018
Footage allegedly shows a suspected Ukrainian drone exploding with a mushroom cloud (pictured) near the village of Usovo, which is close to Vladimir Putin’s official residence, on Tuesday.
A rambler Medvedev continued: “The UK Foreign Secretary has wisely stated that Ukraine ‘has a legitimate right to… project force beyond its borders to undermine Russia’s ability to project force into Ukraine itself. “.
“According to him, legitimate military targets beyond the Ukrainian border are part of their self-defense.”
Medvedev, seen by some as looking for a comeback as Russian president if Putin is ousted because of war failures or ill health, said: “The foolish officials of the UK, our eternal enemy, should remember that within the framework of political universally accepted international law governing modern warfare, including the Hague and Geneva Conventions with their additional protocols, its status may also qualify as at war.’
Deftly speaking about a visit to Estonia, a NATO country bordering Russia where UK troops are based, he said Kiev had “a legitimate right to defend itself” when asked about Tuesday’s drone strike. against Moscow.
He said: ‘I have no details, and I am not going to speculate on the nature of the drone strikes in Moscow. So what I’m going to say are more general points, rather than that specific incident.
‘Ukraine has the legitimate right to defend itself. It has the legitimate right to do so within its own borders, of course, but it also has the right to project force beyond its borders to undermine Russia’s ability to project force into Ukraine itself.
“So legitimate military targets beyond its own border are part of Ukraine’s self-defense. And we must recognize that.
“That’s not to say that he has any particular assessment of the attacks on Moscow, but more generally, military targets beyond his own border are internationally recognized as legitimate as part of a nation’s self-defense.”
Several buildings in Moscow’s wealthy suburbs were damaged by suspected Ukrainian kamikaze drones yesterday, just hours after Putin unleashed another flurry of attacks on kyiv.
A specialist inspects the damaged facade of a multi-story apartment building after a drone strike in Moscow on Tuesday.
The Russian Defense Ministry said eight drones sent to Moscow by Ukraine were shot down or diverted with electronic jammers, though Baza, a Telegram channel with links to security services, said there were more than 25.
A duped Putin and his cronies accused Ukraine of trying to “scare” the Russians with its “increasingly reckless behavior” after the drone strike.
Seemingly forgetting that Russia has unleashed a series of deadly airstrikes on Ukrainian cities that have killed thousands since the start of the war 15 months ago, Putin claimed that Kiev had chosen the “path of trying to scare the citizens of Russia.” .
Putin claimed the drone strike was revenge for earlier Russian attacks on “command centers”. In reality, Kremlin airstrikes have hit residential buildings in kyiv, causing residents to run for their lives into bomb shelters.
The White House said it was collecting information on reports of drone strikes in Moscow.
“We do not support attacks inside Russia. That’s all. Period,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a briefing.
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