Russia declared 'direct threat to peace and stability' as UK strikes new partnership

Vladimir Putin's Russia has been described as a 'direct threat' to European security (Image: GETTY) Russia has been branded the "most significant and direct threat" to European security and peace, as tensions between Moscow and the Western world continue to ramp up . The UK renewed its strong condemnation of Vladimir Putin 's unlawful aggression against Ukraine as it struck a Strategic Partnership with Finland . One paragraph in the joint declaration read: "Putin’s Russia is the most significant and direct threat to our security and to peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area.

" Russia ’s illegal, full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine has fundamentally changed the European security environment and is a flagrant violation of international law, the UN Charter and the principles of territorial integrity and sovereignty. "It underlines the importance of our partnership and the need to deny Russia any benefit from the war it started." function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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