Andy Burnham has been warned that Britain faces Russian retaliation over its support for Ukraine.
Security experts have told the Prime Minister to be prepared for a ‘direct response’ from Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin is set to target the UK, sources said, after miscalculating Mr Burnham’s commitment to Kyiv.
Putin had been advised the new incumbent in No10 would be ‘softer than [Sir Keir] Starmer’.
But the Russian president’s hopes were dashed by the Prime Minister’s moves to fortify the UK-Ukraine military alliance in recent weeks, swapping missile blueprints and battlefield AI with Moscow‘s enemy.
Putin is also believed to be coming under pressure within
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