Not too late for Vladimir Putin to withdraw from Ukraine, says UK defence secretary
At the press conference, Mr Wallace said it was unknown what kind of weapons Mr Putin was willing to use, but saying there had been "massive amounts" of artillery deployed to Ukraine, as well as controversial thermobaric weapons - also known as "vacuum bombs".
He added the idea of having a "normal relationship" with the Russian government would be almost impossible as a result of the war in Ukraine "unless President Putin chooses to cease what he is doing now".The UK's commitment to Baltic states is unyielding, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss saysto discuss what further economic and cultural sanctions could be taken against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Speaking alongside them at a press conference, she said tackling Russian aggression was a battle for "our freedom and security", adding the West must go further in itsUnlike Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are members of Nato and joined after the collapse of the former Soviet Union. "And we need to make sure, as I've said, that the Russian economy is crippled so it is unable to continue to fund Putin and the war machine. And I suspect that the Russian people will draw their own conclusions from that."
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