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FM Truss: Cost To Russia Of Ukraine Invasion Must Be Intolerably High

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UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss tweets: "Met [NATO Secretary General] Jens Stoltenberg. Diplomacy must be pursued but a Russian invasion of Ukraine looks highly likely. The UK and allies are stepping up preparations for the worst case scenario. We must make the cost for Russia intolerably high."

  • The UK has proved one of the most hawkish nations in the Western alliance towards Russia. PM Boris Johnson delivered a roundly well-recieved speech to the Munich Security Conference over the weekend decrying Russian aggression and attempts at destabilisation.
  • This has, though, seen Westminister sidelined somewhat from diplomatic efforts, with France stepping in as the main interlocutor between Russia and the United States.

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