Moscow calls on the United Kingdom to stop destructive and destabilizing activities near the Russian borders, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on May 26.
According to her, Moscow drew attention to the statements of British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, who called Russia "an enemy that poses the number one threat to the United Kingdom."
"His anti-Russian rhetoric is devoid of any specifics," the representative of the Foreign Ministry said during the broadcast on the department's Twitter page.
She recommended that "British strategists" stop destabilizing activities near the borders of Russia, specifying that they know "what is at stake".
On May 23, Wallace said that the number one threat to the kingdom is Russia. He also noted the excessive, in his opinion, activity of Russian ships near the British borders.
On March 22, in an interview with The BBC's The Andrew Marr Show, he said that London had decided to expand its nuclear potential in connection with the strengthening of Russia's missile defense.
British military personnel in the summer of 2020 actively followed the submarine " Krasnodar "class " Varshavyanka", which was heading towards St. Petersburg. Then it was noted that the foreign military lost the boat and did not inform about its location.
