This is a litmus test for the West...Truss says UK stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine

LIZ Truss warned the West that failure to stand up to Russia would embolden “bullies” who threaten democracy.

- Sam Lister

During a visit to Ukraine’s capital Kiev, the Foreign Secretary said the UK stood “shoulder to shoulder” with the country in the face of Russian aggression.

But she warned international leaders that the military threat on Ukraine’s border was a “litmus test” for Western allies.

After talks with the country’s foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, she said: “The free world needs to draw the line under a decade of drift. If we hang back, that would only embolden the bullies in their campaign against sovereignty and the right of self-determination.

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