UK politics live: Russia has failed to take key objectives in Ukraine invasion, says defence secretary

Latest updates: Ben Wallace says Russia’s ambition is to invade ‘the whole of Ukraine’ but its forces have so far lost around 450 personnel

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Ben Wallace said Vladimir Putin “won’t stop” after invading Ukraine.

He said the decision not to “put British service personnel in direct fighting” was not about “risk”, but to avoid triggering a “war across Europe”.

It’s about if we were to directly attack Russian aircraft, we would have a war across Europe.

I have said continually for a long time, as has Britain, and the prime minister has supported this position, that Putin is not rational.

The prime minister spoke to president Zelensky this morning to express his solidarity with Ukraine.

President Zelensky updated the prime minister on the most recent Russian military advances, including missile and artillery strikes on Ukrainian cities and the terrible developments in Kyiv in the early hours of this morning.

Held talks with PM BorisJohnson. Reported on the course of (Ukraine’s) defence and insidious attacks on Kyiv by the aggressor. Today (Ukraine) needs the support of partners more than ever.

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สมัคร UFABET
สมัคร UFABET
3 months ago

นอกจากกีฬาแล้ว UFABET ยังมีการเล่นคาสิโนออนไลน์ระดับมืออาชีพที่ให้บริการ สำหรับคุณที่ต้องการประสบการณ์การเล่นคาสิโนจริงๆ เช่น เสือมังกร, รูเล็ต, สล็อต, และยังมีเซ็กซี่บาคาร่า ที่จะทำให้คุณรู้สึกถึงความสนุกสนานที่หลากหลายและน่าตื่นเต้นอย่างยิ่งให้อีกด้วย