The Sunday Express, Sunday 5
Brexit and Boris Johnson stopped Russia’s brutal war machine from conquering Ukraine within days of the invasion beginning, according to a leading military expert.
Ukraine would have fallen swiftly to Russian dictator Vladmir Putin’s army if it wasn’t for support from the UK, says a major new study by Professor Gwythian Prins. Highlighting the crucial role played by Mr Johnson and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, Prof Prins said: “Ukraine was saved from defeat by Day Six by two other men and one country who were equally but differently indispensable.”
In a paper looking at the origins of the invasion and the global response, he argues that the UK’s decisive military assistance in the first week of the Russian blitzkrieg was only possible because it was no longer hamstrung by the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy.
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