Theresa May tells the EU to stand up with Britain against the Russian ‘enemy’

• Theresa May will today urge EU countries to do more to stand up to Russia.
• She will address the EU Council in Brussels as she seeks multilateral retaliation for the poisoning of Sergei Skripal.
• A senior UK government source says the EU must now see Russia as a “strategic enemy.”
• The UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson compares Putin to Hitler.

LONDON — Theresa May will today urge EU countries to “stand shoulder to shoulder” against the the Russian threat as she urges them to join Britain in taking retaliatory action against Putin’s regime for the poisoning of Sergei Skripal.

The prime minister will use a meeting of the EU Council in Brussels to call on her European allies to take tougher action against the “shared threat” of Russia.

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