Russia said on Tuesday that it did not expect any improvement in relations with the United Kingdom following the election of Liz Truss as British prime minister, the Kremlin spokesman said.
“Judging by Truss’s statements, made while she was still foreign minister…we can say with great certainty that we should not expect changes for the better,” Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by the official Russian news agency. TASS. .
Liz Truss is known for her “hard line” in relation to Russia, which she considered an “aggressor country”, in particular due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has been ongoing since February 24.
Since the beginning of this military operation, relations between Moscow and the West have been going through a crisis similar to those experienced during the Cold War.
Ukraine received diplomatic and military support, through arms deliveries, from Western capitals, including London, while Russia was subjected to unprecedented sanctions.
kyiv was already a priority for former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but Liz Truss has warned that she will redouble her efforts to support the country.
“We will continue to go further and faster to drive Russia out of all of Ukraine,” British policy declared in April.
Source: TSF
