Ukraine news latest: Putin ally insists ‘Russia is at war with the UK & US, not Kyiv’

According to one of Vladimir Putin’s key allies, ”Russia is not at war with Ukraine” instead they are fighting the UK and US. Nikolai Patrushev, the Russian security council secretary and former Soviet spy said: “The events in Ukraine are not a clash between Moscow and Kyiv. ”This is a military confrontation between Russia and NATO, and above all the United States and Britain.” Speaking to the Argumenti i Fakti newspaper, Patrushev once again insisted that Russia is “not at war with Ukraine” because Russians “cannot have hatred for ordinary Ukrainians”. His comments came after Putin’s defence minister vowed that Russia would continue to develop its nuclear triad of ballistic missiles, submarines and strategic bombers because such weapons were “the main guarantee of its sovereignty”. Read our Ukraine war blog below for the latest news…