In the video call, Mr Wallace was seen speaking to the imposter who was disguised as the Ukrainian prime minister, Denys Shmyhal.
Ministers have been warned to brace for more videos to emerge after a"prank" call with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace surfaced in the wake of Britain blaming Vladimir Putin's Russia for attempted hoaxes.
Downing Street accused the Kremlin of being behind the efforts to secure sensitive or embarrassing information in calls ahead of footage being published on Monday evening. Mr Wallace is shown speaking from Poland as the caller says Ukraine wants to progress a"nuclear programme" to protect itself from Moscow - a claim Russian state media has baselessly made in the past.
As the call was published, Mr Wallace suggested the invasion of Ukraine"must be going so badly for the Kremlin" if it was resorting to"video fakes".A Ministry of Defence source said the video was"garbage", adding:"It's a doctored clip. "What you don't hear is the Defence Secretary also saying that the UK can't have anything to do with alleged Ukrainian nuclear ambitions, because the UK is committed to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons."
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