James Cleverly, Britain's minister of state for Europe, warned that there will be a 'huge loss of life' if Russia invades Ukraine.
that it doesn't want a war. James Cleverly, Britain's minister of state for Europe, warned that there will be a"huge loss of life" for both the people of Ukraine and Russia if there is an invasion.
"We are trying to make sure that if the Russian generals aren't being honest with Vladimir Putin, we're being honest with Vladimir Putin," he said."If he's getting messages from the frontline that this will be quick and easy, we're giving him a more truthful message that this will be long, drawn out and painful."
"This would not be a quick or easy conflict," he said."For Russia, it would be drawn out, it would be painful, it would be bloody, it would be a quagmire. And the best thing for Russia to do is to deescalate, to move its troops away from the border and engage meaningfully in diplomacy with both European and of our friends across in the United States."
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday that this has become the most dangerous moment in the crisis as Russia10 days of war games in Belarus. The U.S. government says Russia has more than 100,000 troops stationed around Ukraine's borders.
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