RAF planes taking missiles to Ukraine make 200-mile detour to avoid German air space

RAF transport planes taking missiles to Ukraine made a 200-mile detour to keep away from German air area.

The motion fuels fears of a Nato break up on how to reply to Moscow’s aggression.

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London and Berlin insisted there was no dispute between one another with German officers saying: “This was fully a British choice.”

C-17 cargo planes loaded with hi-tech anti-tank weapons took off from Brize Norton, Oxon, however flew over Denmark earlier than heading for Kiev.

Beneath Nato guidelines, nations want permission to fly ammunition by one other’s air-space.

Greater than 100,000 Russian troops are massed on Ukraine’s borders together with tanks, missiles and preventing automobiles.

Moscow yesterday confirmed extra troops had been heading to Belarus, which borders Ukraine, for an train.

However the US warned Russia might assault Ukraine “at any level”.

The White Home added the ­scenario is “extraordinarily harmful”.

International Secretary Liz Truss and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace flew to Australia to unveil an alliance to fulfill threats from China.

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UK sends missiles to Ukraine as Ben Wallace invitations Russia for talks to keep away from ‘bloody battle’

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