Britain will supply Ukraine with advanced air defense missiles capable of shooting down cruise projectiles, following Russian strikes on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities in recent days, UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace says.

UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has traveled to Ukraine in a secret visit to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The conflict in Ukraine has raised the prospects of an all out confrontation between nuclear armed states with Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, warning of the likelihood of World War III breaking out.

A UK official has called on the country’s former military service personnel not to travel to Ukraine to fight against Russia, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that soldiers would be court-martialed.

British Defense Secretary, Ben Wallace, calls for de-escalation between Russia and the West over Ukraine, saying war would fuel greater instability, higher fuel prices and migrant flows.

The UK has started supplying Ukraine with anti-tank weapons under the disguise of helping the East European country to defend itself from a potential Russian invasion.

The UK signs a deal with Ukraine that enables Kiev to use British financing to enhance the country’s naval capabilities, amid heightened tensions with Russia.