Harnie Gold
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Lord Ricketts, the UK Government's first national security adviser and top diplomat, has warned that Russian president Vladimir Putin could consider striking a NATO base in order to stop the transfer of arms to Ukraine.
Lord Ricketts, said that Kremlin, is becoming 'increasingly desperate to choke off the flow of arms' to Ukraine.
'I suppose what President Putin wants us all to fear is that he might want to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, which would be a momentous escalation and ensure Russia was isolated around the world,' he said to the BBC on Sunday, April 17.
'More likely, I think what they're looking at is some way of preventing or limiting this flow of arms into Ukraine, keeping the Ukrainian Armed Forces going.
'So we may see attacks on convoys or aircraft bringing the arms in from the west.
'I think what they're looking at is some way of preventing or limiting this flow of arms into Ukraine, keeping the Ukrainian Armed Forces going,' he warned.
He also warned that President Putin might attack convoys or aircrafts coming from NATO.
Russia, had told the US to stop sending arms to Ukraine warning of "unpredictable consequences" if they go ahead supplying Ukraine with arms.
The warning was delivered in the form of an official diplomatic note, which was seen by the Washington Post.
The warning was contained in a two-page note delivered after Biden agreed to a new $800million delivery of military aid to Ukraine, including heavy artillery and shells, helicopters and armoured personnel carriers.
Lord Ricketts, also warned that the conflict could continue for ''years and years to come'' as a guerrilla war like an ''open wound in the middle of Europe."
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky had said that it is important for Russia not to win any territory in the Donbas region.
'This is why it is very important for us to not allow them, to stand our ground, because this battle... it can influence the course of the whole war,' Zelensky told CNN.
President Volodymr Zelensky
