Vladimir Putin “hasn’t taken the foot off the gas” on the Ukraine the UK’s Defence Secretary has insisted.
Ben Wallace said the border situation was still extremely serious and that the Russian President has still to make up his mind despite saying that “of course” Russia did not want war in Europe.
Wallace, who is in Brussels for a series of meetings at Nato headquarters, was sceptical about Russian claims that it had withdrawn forces from the Ukraine border.
Wallace said “What we haven’t seen is evidence of withdrawal that has been claimed by the Kremlin, in fact we’ve seen continued build-up of things like field hospitals and strategic weapons systems.
