World taking 'eye off the ball led to the position we see in Kharkiv', Shapps says
The world taking its "eye off the ball" led to the position we see in Kharkiv today, defence secretary Grant Shapps has said.
Speaking at the Sea Power Conference today, the minister reiterated the UK's complete support for Ukraine, saying Russia winning would be "unimaginable and unacceptable".
He said: "I've heard repeatedly, including said to me by [Ukraine's] President Zelenskyy, which is that without Britain, they wonder whether they would still have been in this war at all."
He listed the UK's commitments to Ukraine, and criticised the world for having taken its "eye off the ball" recently.
"The amount of time it's taken to get the rest of the funding through has directly led to the position we see in Kharkiv today," he said.
He added that he did not think the situation was "fatal", however, and said it was "an important lesson to the world not to lose attention about Ukraine"...Sky News.
