{"id":34862,"date":"2022-01-23T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=34862"},"modified":"2022-01-23T14:54:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T09:54:33","slug":"uk-accuses-kremlin-of-trying-to-install-pro-russian-leader-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-world-news\/uk-accuses-kremlin-of-trying-to-install-pro-russian-leader-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"UK accuses Kremlin of trying to install pro-Russian leader in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2013 January 23 (ONLINE): Britain on Saturday accused the Kremlin of seeking to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine, and said Russian intelligence officers had been in contact with a number of former Ukrainian politicians as part of plans for an invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The British foreign ministry declined to provide evidence to back its accusations, which came at a time of high tensions between Russia and the West over Russia&#8217;s massing of troops near its border with Ukraine. Moscow has insisted it has no plans to invade.<\/p>\n<p>The British ministry said it had information the Russian government was considering former Ukrainian lawmaker Yevhen Murayev as a potential candidate to head a pro-Russian leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will not tolerate Kremlin plot to install pro-Russian leadership in Ukraine,&#8221; British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Twitter. &#8220;The Kremlin knows a military incursion would be a massive strategic mistake &#038; the UK and our partners would impose a severe cost on Russia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The British statement was released in the early hours of Sunday, Moscow and Kyiv time, and there was no immediate statement from the Kremlin, or from Murayev.<\/p>\n<p>A foreign ministry source said it was not usual practice to share intelligence matters, and the details had only been declassified after careful consideration to deter Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Foreign Ministry dismissed the comments as &#8220;disinformation&#8221;, accusing Britain and NATO of &#8220;escalating tensions&#8221; over Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We urge the Foreign Office to cease these provocative activities, stop spreading nonsense and finally concentrate its efforts on studying the history of the Mongol-Tatar yoke,&#8221; the ministry said on its verified Facebook account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2013 January 23 (ONLINE): Britain on Saturday accused the Kremlin of seeking to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine, and said Russian intelligence officers had been in contact with a number of former Ukrainian politicians as part of plans for an invasion. 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