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BEN WALLACE: INVITE BRITAIN TO PEACE TALKS OR ZELENSKY WILL BE BULLIED
>Ukrainian president is a ‘brave man’ but needs support to push back, says former defence secretary
>Sir Ben said a “European power” should be “in the room” to ensure Ukraine is not forced to accept an unsatisfactory deal.
>Asked if he believed there was a possibility that Ukraine could be “strong-armed” by Mr Trump into agreeing to something it does not actually want to do, Sir Ben told Times Radio: “Yes, there is a concern and I think that is why, there are two other nuclear powers in Nato, France and Britain, and I think it is important that in the room should be a European power.
>“Because both Trump and Putin are known to be bullies, they bully people all the time, and I don’t think two bullies versus Zelensky, who is a brave man, but I don’t think would necessarily produce the right outcomes.
>“If this is going to be a peace process, those people who have skin in the game, and that is Europeans as well as Ukraine and indeed the United States, should be part of that peace making process.”
t. the same people who held conference after useless preening conference about Ukraine without inviting Russia
>The war has killed tens of thousands of troops on both sides as well as more than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians, according to the United Nations. Western officials have repeatedly accused Putin of stalling for time in peace negotiations to allow Russian forces time to capture more Ukrainian land. Putin previously offered no concessions, claiming he would only accept a settlement on his terms, which Ukraine has said would be tantamount to surrender.
No invitation to peace talks, no booly. From just a few days ago when it seemed that Ukraine would be getting an invite to Alaska.
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