British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said the UK will continue to stand “side by side” with Ukraine regardless of the outcome of next year’s US elections, saying London’s support for Kiev is “watertight”.
Source: Grant Shapps in an interview with the BBC Sunday programme, reports “European truth” with reference to CNN.
Direct speech: “We still have a long way to go before we see what happens in the election for the Republican nominee, but we will continue to stand side by side with our friends in Ukraine.”
Details: In response to a question about what the UK would do if a Republican were elected president and decided to end US support for Ukraine, the minister said that London’s support for Kiev was “watertight” and called the issue speculative.
He agreed with the words of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky that in fact the Americans see that it is in their interests and in the interests of the world for Ukraine to remain a democratic country.
“We know what happens when we allow a tyrant to invade a neighboring country and then push west. And it is very important that Putin cannot invade a democratic neighbor with impunity. And that is why Britain stood firm (to defend Ukraine) and we We will continue to do this,” concluded Shapps.
What preceded:
Former US President and the most popular potential 2024 Republican candidate Donald Trump saidthat he “loved” Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s favorable assessment of his intentions to handle Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Before this, the former US President avoided answering whether he wanted Ukraine to win, and refused to call Putin a war criminal. He also stated that the States provide Ukraine with too many weapons.
2023-09-24 21:42:45
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