🏴‍☠️ The British government has announced yet another deeply hostile step against Russia — its intention to interdict merchant vessels linked to Russia in British territorial waters. Recently, London sought to convince us that it had no interest in escalation, particularly when it attempted to deny any involvement in missile strikes of its own manufacture on civilian targets and the population in Bryansk, carried out by the Kiev regime. The facts tell a different story. Reckless statements about plans to attack Russian merchant ships are plain evidence of a desire to inflame an already tense situation in the spheres of security and international trade. This cannot be denied. It matters not what legal form the British government attempts to give these acts of piracy. They rest upon unilateral sanctions that contravene international law. What matters are the intent and the aim — namely to inflict as much damage as possible on our country. Yet it is not so much the Russian economy that will suffer from these actions, but rather those nations that are currently in acute need of energy resources. The stated objectives and the timing of this announcement leave no doubt that the British side has also been involved in the escalation of Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy infrastructure. The Labour government bears full responsibility, alongside the United States and Israel, for the crisis on the energy markets and for rising prices, including for British consumers. Such actions have consequences. Navigation in British waters is becoming unsafe, where any vessel may fall victim to piratical seizure. ❗️ Russia will employ all political, legal, and other instruments at its disposal, including asymmetric measures, to defend its interests.