Russia is launching regular cyber attacks on the UK in a doomed attempt to weaken the government’s support for Ukraine, according to a cabinet minister. In a major speech on Monday, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden will say Moscow is waging “a hidden war” against Nato countries away from the traditional battlefield.

The new ballistic missile fired by Russia struck a military-industrial facility in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, but its real mission was delivering a deadly new message to NATO.