Russia revokes accreditation of six British diplomats it accuses of spying

FSB says documents show diplomats in Moscow were helping to coordinate escalation of military situation' in Ukraine

Russia announced it had revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats in Moscow on accusations of espionage as Keir Starmer prepared to meet Joe Biden in Washington to discuss how Ukraine could use long-range missiles deep inside Russian territory.

Moscow's FSB domestic spy agency said on Friday that it had acted on documents showing that part of the Foreign Office was helping coordinate what it called the escalation of the political and military situation" in Ukraine.