Liz Truss lays out Britain’s goals for the war in Ukraine

The UK and its western allies must “double down” to oust Russian forces from “all of Ukraine” and secure a victory that “is a strategic imperative for all of us,” said Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.

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in one Keynote address at the Mansion House last night in london half-timbered warned against Wladimir Putin was a “rogue operator” that could invade other countries, including Georgia Moldova unless the West hit back hard to defend itself Ukraine.

“Heavy weapons, tanks, planes – we’re digging deep in our stockpiles, ramping up production. We must do all of this,” she said, adding that this is “a time for courage, not caution.”

If Putin were to make territorial gains, he could “bring untold further misery to Europe,” warned Truss, who called for more military and economic support for countries threatened by possible Russian aggression.

The West must also continue to send food, medicines and other essential supplies to Ukraine to keep the Eastern European nation’s economy afloat, she said. and Defense budgets need to be increased across the western world.

That NATO The target of spending 2% of GDP on defense “must be a floor, not a ceiling,” Truss stressed.

Corresponding The timesThe Secretary of State is said to “believe that the war could realistically last up to five years or even a decade.”

She described today’s Russia as even less trustworthy than the USSR, whose leaders at least “behaved with some kind of rationality on the world stage.”

“They would de-escalate if confronted and called out, like with the Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years ago,” she said. “And they had their worldwide reputation in mind. None of these factors apply to Putin.”

She “also singled out” Chinabecause he refused to condemn the invasion of Ukraine, The Independent reported.

But China “won’t rise any further” if Beijing “doesn’t play by the rules,” she warned. “China needs trade with the G7. We represent around half of the global economy. And we have a choice.”

https://www.theweek.co.uk/news/uk-news/956566/liz-truss-lays-out-britains-aims-for-the-ukraine-war Liz Truss lays out Britain’s goals for the war in Ukraine