Russia accuses two British diplomats of spying and gives them two weeks to leave the country. Britain’s Foreign Office rejected the allegations against its diplomats as \”baseless\” Moscow has been angered by Britain’s continued military support for Ukraine and by Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s recent statements about putting British boots on the ground and planes in the air in Ukraine as part of a potential peacekeeping force. The two Britons appear to be the first Western diplomats to be expelled from Russia since Moscow and Washington opened talks on restoring staff at their respective embassies that have been depleted by tit-for-tat expulsions. The Kremlin said Russia’s intelligence services were doing everything necessary to safeguard national security. The British Foreign Office said in a statement: \”This is not the first time that Russia has made malicious and baseless accusations against our staff\” The Russian Foreign Ministry said it would \”respond in kind\” if London now decided to \”escalate\” the situation. It said it had summoned a British embassy representative and complained that the diplomats were \”undeclared\” employees of Britain’s intelligence service.