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Good luck with that.... Starmer is a fool but so is Putin, that is struggling with Ukraine. Attacking a NATO country would be the end of Russia.
A senior Russian official has branded Sir Keir Starmer as 'illiterate' and 'a fool' after he vowed to base British troops in Ukraine as part of a peace deal.
Senator and space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin said the British Prime Minister's suggestion would open up the UK to missile strikes by Russia.
'Even after Russia's defeat in the Crimean War of 1853-1856, such thoughts never occurred to England, France, or the Turks and Sardinians,' he said.
'Of course, Starmer is illiterate and a fool in the grand scheme of things, but he should still understand what we will do to their shi*** kingdom if they actually try to implement this nonsense.'
His fiery remarks come after Starmer on Tuesday signed a declaration of intent in Paris with France's Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy outlining the deployment of forces in the event a peace deal is reached.
But on Wednesday he assured that any deployment of UK forces under the declaration would be subject to a parliamentary vote.
'I will keep the house updated as the situation develops, and were troops to be deployed under the declaration signed, I would put that matter to the house for a vote,' Starmer told parliament.
He said the number of troops would be determined under UK military plans which are currently being drawn.
Starmer also said he had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump about security guarantees for Ukraine twice over Christmas and assured lawmakers there was 'no question of acting on this without full discussion with the Americans'.
Vladimir Putin continued his overnight attacks on Ukraine which left seven people - including two terror-struck girls, eight and 16 - injured in Dnipro in strikes on residential buildings, schools, and kindergartens.
Speaking on January 7 - the date in which the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas - Vladimir Putin said Russian soldiers were acting on God's orders, casting the war as a sacred mission rather than his own political decision, invoking Orthodox theology to legitimise his military violence.
'Today we celebrate the wonderful, bright holiday of the Nativity of Christ', Putin said at a midnight service.
'And we often call the Lord the Saviour, because He came to Earth to save all people.
'So, the soldiers, the soldiers of Russia, always, as if on the Lord's orders, fulfil this very mission - the defence of the Fatherland, the salvation of the Motherland and its people.'
Putin's extraordinary claim of a divine mandate is the latest clear sign that he has no intention of halting the war and agreeing to Donald Trump's peace initiative.
More children were wounded in Russian Christmas strikes on Zaporizhzhia region.
A senior Russian official has branded Sir Keir Starmer as 'illiterate' and 'a fool' after he vowed to base British troops in Ukraine as part of a peace deal.
Senator and space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin said the British Prime Minister's suggestion would open up the UK to missile strikes by Russia.
'Even after Russia's defeat in the Crimean War of 1853-1856, such thoughts never occurred to England, France, or the Turks and Sardinians,' he said.
'Of course, Starmer is illiterate and a fool in the grand scheme of things, but he should still understand what we will do to their shi*** kingdom if they actually try to implement this nonsense.'
His fiery remarks come after Starmer on Tuesday signed a declaration of intent in Paris with France's Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy outlining the deployment of forces in the event a peace deal is reached.
But on Wednesday he assured that any deployment of UK forces under the declaration would be subject to a parliamentary vote.
'I will keep the house updated as the situation develops, and were troops to be deployed under the declaration signed, I would put that matter to the house for a vote,' Starmer told parliament.
He said the number of troops would be determined under UK military plans which are currently being drawn.
Starmer also said he had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump about security guarantees for Ukraine twice over Christmas and assured lawmakers there was 'no question of acting on this without full discussion with the Americans'.
Vladimir Putin continued his overnight attacks on Ukraine which left seven people - including two terror-struck girls, eight and 16 - injured in Dnipro in strikes on residential buildings, schools, and kindergartens.
Speaking on January 7 - the date in which the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas - Vladimir Putin said Russian soldiers were acting on God's orders, casting the war as a sacred mission rather than his own political decision, invoking Orthodox theology to legitimise his military violence.
'Today we celebrate the wonderful, bright holiday of the Nativity of Christ', Putin said at a midnight service.
'And we often call the Lord the Saviour, because He came to Earth to save all people.
'So, the soldiers, the soldiers of Russia, always, as if on the Lord's orders, fulfil this very mission - the defence of the Fatherland, the salvation of the Motherland and its people.'
Putin's extraordinary claim of a divine mandate is the latest clear sign that he has no intention of halting the war and agreeing to Donald Trump's peace initiative.
More children were wounded in Russian Christmas strikes on Zaporizhzhia region.
