Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The Kremlin has bizarrely claimed Nato portrays Russia as a “fiend of hell” to justify its recent boost in defence spending.

It comes as a government review warned the UK must prepare for a “wartime scenario” on home soil amid mounting global tensions.

At today’s Nato summit in The Hague, the leaders of most member states – including Keir Starmer – announced they intended to hike national security spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP).

The decision comes amid growing fears that Russia could attack a Nato

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