When Keir Starmer declares that Vladimir Putin will face “severe consequences” if he breaches a peace deal with Ukraine (Report, 20 March), I’m reminded of the 19th-century editorial in the Skibbereen Eagle, which warned that it would “keep its eye on the Emperor of Russia”. If he actually read the warning, I doubt the tsar was shivering in his boots, just as Putin won’t be today, especially with Donald Trump on his side.
David Edwards
Stockport, Greater Manchester
• Will these consequences be as severe as those felt by Benjamin Netanyahu for breaching the Palestine peace deal?
Adrian Betham
London