LONDON (Reuters) – All options can be on table in response to any use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by Russia, British armed forces minister James Heappey stated on Tuesday.
British Foreign Minister Liz Truss on Monday stated Britain was working with its companions to confirm the main points of stories Russian forces could have used chemical brokers in an assault on Mariupol, the place hundreds are believed to have died below a close to-seven week siege.
“There are some issues which might be past the pale, and using chemical weapons will get a response and all options are on the table for what that response may very well be,” Heappey instructed Sky News, including that British defence intelligence up to now had been unable to confirm the stories.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated on Monday that Russia may resort to chemical weapons and known as on the West to impose robust sanctions on Moscow that may deter even discuss of using such weapons.
“If chemical weapons have been used, that could be a essential second for our prime minister and different heads of presidency world wide to contemplate how we’d reply to that,” Heappey instructed BBC TV.
“(Russian) President (Vladimir) Putin must be clear that using chemical weapons is solely not acceptable and he should not count on the West to face by if they have been used.”
(Reporting by Kylie MacLellan; Editing by Ed Osmond and Stephen Coates)
