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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Miranda Bryant

Ukraine faces ‘bloody, brutal’ months ahead, warns UK armed forces minister

James Heappey
The armed forces minister, James Heappey, said he feared that Putin had ‘backed himself into a corner’. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

Britain’s armed forces minister has pledged that the UK will do everything it can to help Ukraine but warned that the months ahead will be “bloody” and “brutal”.

James Heappey said on Saturday that he feared Vladimir Putin had “backed himself into a corner” and gone “all in” on Russia’s attack on Ukraine.

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