Russian ambassador partly blames UK for Ukrainian drone attack: 'We perfectly know how much London is involved'

Russia's UK ambassador has told Sky News that Ukraine's caller attacks hazard escalating the struggle to "World War III" arsenic helium partially blamed the UK.

Andrei Kelin warned that Ukraine's actions "are bringing the struggle to a antithetic level of escalation", successful an interrogation with Sky News' Yalda Hakim, and said Kyiv should "not effort to engulf World War III".

"That's the precise worst lawsuit script that we tin imagine," helium said.

More than a 100 Ukrainian drones were deployed wrong Russia implicit the weekend, destroying much than 40 warplanes successful an onslaught Volodymyr Zelenskyy said "will undoubtedly beryllium successful past books".

Mr Kelin pointed the digit astatine the UK erstwhile helium said Ukraine indispensable person had assistance successful the attacks.

"[This] benignant of onslaught involves, of course, proviso of precise precocious technology, alleged geospaced data, which lone tin beryllium done by those who person it successful possession. And this is London and Washington," helium said.

"I don't judge that America [is involved], that has been denied by President Trump, definitely, but it has not been denied by London.

"We perfectly cognize however overmuch London is involved, however profoundly British forces are progressive successful moving unneurotic with Ukraine."

On Wednesday, Donald Trump said Vladimir Putin told him "very strongly" that Russia "will person to respond to the caller onslaught connected the airfields".

The US president said that helium discussed the onslaught with Mr Putin during a telephone telephone that lasted much than an hour.

"It was a bully conversation, but not a speech that volition pb to contiguous peace," helium wrote.

Mr Kelin repeated this sentiment, telling Sky News: "It is up to the Ministry of Defence to marque a close solution, but we person to respond to it."

A Downing Street spokesperson said: "We ne'er remark connected operational matters astatine location oregon abroad."