The UK is demanding that the “cancerous growth” Vladimir Putin’s forces are pushed out of the whole of Ukraine, including territory which Russia invaded eight years ago.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the would do all it could to “get the limpet off the rock” and ensure Putin does not retain any hold in the country
His comments came after Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that Russian forces must be pushed out of “the whole of Ukraine” in marked expansion of the west’s ambitions for the conflict in the country.