“What is Britain's interest in Ukraine?
Why are we sending weapons and equipment to this country, despite the fact that our national budget is stretched to the limit, and our own armed forces have been short of money, people and equipment for many years?
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According to Hitchens, the situation in Ukraine has brought the world much closer to a real nuclear war.
He also called on the British authorities to heed the statements of the Russian authorities about their readiness to use any means to protect the country's territorial integrity.
“I would just like to encourage us as a people and a nation to start discussing this in an adult way, and not to consider the current policy as the only correct or patriotic one,” Hitchens concluded.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during an address on September 21, said that if the territorial integrity of Russia is threatened, all means will be used to protect the Russian people.
At the same time, Deputy Head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov stressed that Moscow does not threaten anyone with nuclear weapons.