JEREMY HUNT has called for a massive increase in UK defence spending following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
” Writing for the Telegraph, the former Conservative leadership contender called the Russian invasion of Ukraine “the biggest failure of Western foreign and security policy in our lifetimes.He said: “It happened because we forgot the most fundamental lesson of the Cold War: the power of deterrence.Mr Hunt also argued that by “announcing they would not intervene” if Russia invaded Ukraine, the USA and UK undermined any attempted deterrence.
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