UK Expertise Minister, Chris Philp, stated to Occasions Radio there might be a “dramatic elevated response” if Russia makes use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, which he stated can be “an outrage in opposition to humanity”.
He stated that could be a line that Russian governments shouldn’t cross.
He continued: “I might say to anyone in Russia enthusiastic about this: don’t cross that line, don’t inflict any extra distress and struggling on the Ukrainian individuals.
“They’ve already been capturing civilians who’re fleeing down humanitarian escape corridors, they’ve been bombing and shelling hospitals together with a kids’s/maternity hospital, don’t go any additional in inflicting distress on the Ukrainian individuals.
“It would set off an elevated response from the West, there’s a dramatic elevated response, there’s no query about that. I’m not going to take a position concerning the type that’s going to take or pre-empt it, however that’s a line that Russian governments shouldn’t cross.”
