Britain Accuses Putin of Plot to Install Kremlin Ally in Ukraine

Britain Accuses Putin of Plot to Install Kremlin Ally in Ukraine
L: Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting in Moscow on Jan. 19, 2022. (Pavel Bednyakov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images) R: British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss at Admiralty House in Sydney on Jan. 21, 2022. Bianca De Marchi-Pool/Getty Images
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Britain has accused President Vladimir Putin of plotting to install a pro-Moscow leader as head of the government in Ukraine as he considers whether to mount an invasion against Russia’s neighbour.

The Foreign Office took the unusual step of naming former Ukrainian MP Yevhen Murayev as a potential Kremlin candidate to take over in Kyiv.