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No-fly zone in Ukraine could lead to nuclear WW3 with Russia, defence chiefs suggest

Rejecting calls for a no-fly zone, Ben Wallace warned Russia is a “nuclear-armed power” which “may view escalation of all means” - while General Sir Adrian Bradshaw said it would lead to “the third world war in anybody’s language”

Daily Mirror

GMB viewers urge Susanna Reid to stop ‘banging the drum for war’ during Ukraine coverage

Susanna Reid and her Good Morning Britain co-host Rob Rinder invited Defence Secretary Ben Wallace onto the ITV breakfast show to talk about the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia

Daily Mirror

UK invasion of Iraq shows Russia ‘occupying is hardest bit’, says defence secretary

‘We learned that in Iraq’, says Ben Wallace as he predicts Ukrainian resistance will last years

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Tory MP says Ben Wallace is defeatist in ruling out Ukraine no-fly zone

Tobias Ellwood says it is misleading to suggest move would automatically lead to war with Russia

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson says he will publish ‘full list of all those associated with the Putin regime’ – UK politics as it happened

Latest updates: PM response comes as Keir Starmer asks why Roman Abramovich is not subject to sanctions in UK

The Guardian - UK

Putin has ‘no limit’ in the violence he will use, Defence Secretary warns

Ben Wallace said Russian forces would use indiscriminate bombardments and siege tactics against Ukrainian cities.

The Independent UK

Putin ‘doesn’t care’ about sanctions because he believes Russians ‘can suffer’, says defence secretary

Ben Wallace was told Russian people ‘could suffer greater than Europeans’ during trip to Moscow

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UK warns Russia will carpet-bomb Ukraine cities to 'break' them in slow, brutal siege

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Putin has 'no limit' and the Russia-Ukraine war will lead to sieges of key cities which US sources claim could last six weeks - but he refused to impose a no-fly zone, saying it could lead to nuclear war

Daily Mirror

Ben Wallace urged to back UK shipbuilding amid Russian aggression in Ukraine

The GMB Union warned Ben Wallace the 'threat of war is not abstract' - adding the UK's shipbuilding and ship repair sectors 'are essential to our national security'

Daily Mirror

Brave hero stays in Ukraine to protect 400 rescue animals from Russian bombings

Animal shelter owner Andrea Cisternino has vowed to stay in Kyiv to protect his rescue animals from harm's way - and said he would 'rather die' than leave them behind

Daily Mirror

Ukraine latest as Russia threatens nuclear war and 500,000 flee country

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 16 children have been killed and another 45 injured during the Russian invasion

Wales Online

Truss warns of ‘some economic hardship’ as she gives more detail of Russian sanctions – as it happened

Truss says officials ‘working through the night’ to draw up sanctions against oligarchs; Kwasi Kwarteng in Commons on economic crime bill

The Guardian - UK

‘Betters ways’ for Britons to help Ukraine than travelling to fight – Wallace

The Defence Secretary suggested joining the armed forces, donating money or volunteering with refugee organisations.

The Independent UK

UK could expand revised visa rules for Ukrainians after criticism

Defence secretary says ministers will ‘reflect on’ EU’s more generous plan for refugees in coming days

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The Independent UK

Fresh measures will help Ukrainians seek refuge in UK, Defence Secretary hints

The Government is under pressure to go further to help people fleeing the Russian invasion.

Daily Record

UK residents warned not to join war in Ukraine 'unless properly trained'

The UK Defence Secretary countered the advice of Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and said there were other ways to help Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Ukraine invasion to get 'more violent' as Russian forces 'behind schedule' warns Tory

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Russia could resort to 'ruthless, indiscriminate bombing of cities' in Ukraine with 'high casualty levels' as the invasion entered its fifth day

The Independent UK

Defence secretary Ben Wallace contradicts Liz Truss and urges Britons not to fight in Ukraine

Ben Wallace also hints at U-turn after UK denied asylum to refugees unless partners or children of British residents

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Reuters

UK defence secretary: I don't think Putin wants to use nuclear weapons

British defence minister Ben Wallace said on Monday that he does not expect Russian President Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in his pursuit of Ukraine, days after the former Soviet republic invaded its neighbour.

Reuters

UK says Putin nuclear remarks aimed to distract from Ukraine troubles

Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear deterrent alert is rhetoric designed to distract from the invasion of Ukraine and not linked practical steps to increase readiness to use the weapons, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday.

Daily Mirror

Fears Vladimir Putin could attack Baltic states after Ukraine invasion

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said Vladimir Putin 'won't stop' at Ukraine, with NATO members Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia likely next in the firing line

The Guardian - UK

Nato to deploy extra troops to alliance nations in eastern Europe

Forces not being sent to Ukraine itself to avoid ‘existential’ war with Russia, say UK ministers

The Independent UK

It is Johnson, not Putin, who has gone ‘full tonto’, Russian official suggests

Maria Zakharova said ‘similar adjectives’ to those used about the Russian leader could be directed at Britain’s PM.

Reuters

Russia: British minister's comment about Putin going 'full tonto' surprising

Russia's foreign ministry said on Friday it was surprised by a remark by UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine showed that President Vladimir Putin had gone "full tonto".

The Independent UK

Johnson considers sanctions on Putin’s ‘inner circle’ as air strikes hit Kyiv

The Prime Minister discussed fresh measures with allies on Friday.

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