UK Foreign Office minister calls support for Ukraine 'biggest test of our generation'
Photo: The UK’s Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell (GettyImages)
The UK’s Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell states that securing Ukraine for its success in confronting Russia is the greatest challenge of our generation, reports The Guardian.
Mitchell recalled that in recent months, the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has sent "around 50,000 young Russians to their deaths to take Avdiivka". Therefore, it is necessary to do everything possible so that he is ultimately defeated.
"It speaks volumes about this neo-imperialist bully that [Russian president Vladimir Putin] still stubbornly continues despite the cost to Ukraine and his own people. We must, and will, ensure he fails for this is the biggest test of our generation," Mitchell said.
According to him, already at the meeting of the G20 foreign affairs ministers, it was clear that there are no illusions about what Russia is doing. At the same time, the UN and the UK emphasized how dangerous Putin's actions are for the whole world. That is why the EU agreed to a multi-year funding package of 50 billion euros for Ukraine, and Germany doubled its military aid.
"And there is more we can do. That means ensuring we use sanctions to stop businesses funding Putin’s war machine and engaging other countries to do the same. Pursuing all lawful routes to use sanctioned Russian assets across the G7 to support Ukraine and working with partners to achieve this," he emphasized.
Statements of British military on Ukraine war
The Chief of the Defense Staff of the UK Tony Radakin said that Ukraine will experience a shortage of ammunition for several months until the West takes further steps to support it.
He suggested that Ukraine is unlikely to launch a new counteroffensive by the end of the summer, and most likely, it could happen as early as next year.
