Ukraine rejected claims by Britain’s defence secretary Ben Wallace that diplomatic efforts with Russia have “a whiff of Munich” about them, as it demanded Russia attend a summit within 48 hours.
Ambassador Vadym Prystaiko said it was wrong to “offend our partners” by drawing parallels with the policy of appeasement which saw Britain and France give the green light for Adolf Hitler to annex the Sudetenland in talks in the Bavarian city in 1938.
