The war in Ukraine is entering an "attritional" phase which could last several months, ministers were warned today.
Boris Johnson told the weekly Cabinet meeting Ukraine's position remained "perilous" - with Russian President Vladimir Putin "angered by defeats but determined to claim some sort of victory regardless of the human cost", the Prime Minister’s spokesman said.
The Cabinet was briefed by a senior national security official who, according to the PM's spokesman, told them: “Putin was focusing his attention on Donbas region and that the next phase of the war was likely to be an attritional conflict which could last several months.
