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The European countries have to play a leading part in that guarantee, but require a backstop from the US because, in the end, it is only the US that can provide the deterrence to Putin that will prevent him attacking again,
The PM has said the U.S. is essential to providing a security guarantee to Ukraine,
It is hard to imagine Russia accepting a large force composed mainly of NATO members as part of a deal.”
Now, if Keir Starmer wants to do that, that’s fine, the British army will always stand up to the plate, but here we go again: We’ve got to have the right number of people with the right amount of equipment and the right amount of training, and start to fund that now,
We can tell ourselves lies about that, because we have this really nifty kit, and more FPV [First-Person View] drones or something,
And unless we are ready to fight, we are not in a shape to deter,
The biggest problems we hear from current service-people are around pay, childcare and housing,
Europe must play its role, and I’m prepared to consider committing British forces on the ground alongside others, if there is a lasting peace agreement,
I don’t know what they would be doing at the negotiating table,
the foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said on Monday –
