Russian envoy accuses UK of violating nuclear treaty obligations

A test firing of a Trident nuclear missile (Lockheed Martin/PA)

The Russian ambassador to Britain has accused the Government of violating its international treaty obligations by raising the cap on its stockpile of nuclear warheads.

Andrei Kelin said the announcement in the Integrated Review of foreign and defence policy that it was raising the limit from 180 warheads to 260 had come as a “big surprise”.