This Sunday, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace considered it “highly likely” that Russia will invade Ukraine despite continued diplomatic efforts to prevent it, according to the media. sunday times.
In an interview with that British Sunday paper, the Tory politician said there is a “whiff of Munich in the air” right now, a reference to diplomatic measures that failed to avert World War II.
“It could be that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin shuts down his tanks and we all go home, but there is a whiff of Munich in the air from some in the West,” Wallace said in the interview.
Moscow has denied that it intends to invade Ukraine despite already having more than 100,000 troops near the border, according to the West.
Wallace also notes that Russia could launch an “offensive at any time.”
For his part, Secretary of State for the Armed Forces, James Heappey, told the BBC yesterday that the British Air Force will not be “in a position to enter” Ukraine if Russia invades, so UK citizens who are there “must leave now”.
Boris Johnson’s government this week urged its nationals in Ukraine to leave as soon as possible, while there are still “commercial” means available to do so. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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