Ensuring Putin's invasion of Ukraine fails could take 'months, if not years', the deputy prime minister has told Sky News
Mr Raab warned that the West should expect to be in this for the long haul, saying:"I think we ought to be under no doubt that our mission with our allies is to ensure Putin fails in Ukraine, and it's going to take some time.
"We're talking about months, if not years, and therefore we will have to show some strategic stamina because this is not going to be over in days." Mr Raab, who is also the justice secretary, warned Russian commanders and those around Putin risk being prosecuted for war crimes at the International Criminal Court over what is happening in Ukraine.
The"reckless and frankly appalling tactics by the Putin regime must be held to account", he said, adding this applied"not just [to] Putin himself, but also anyone taking illegal orders".Ukrainian refugees head to EuropeThe deputy PM also reiterated Boris Johnson's dismissal of imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine."Putin wants to say that he's actually in a struggle with the West - he's not," he told Sky News.