Ukraine ‘asked Britain to buy weapons for 7 years but was repeatedly refused’

Fears of provoking Vladimir Putin kept the UK from supplying Kyiv with weapons years ago, according to reports

“I felt that was absurd. The Russians didn't need any provoking. They were already there, sending people across the border.”Liam Fox, another defence secretary under Mr Cameron and who spoke out against the failure to arm Ukraine as a backbench MP in 2015, said: “It was very clear what [Putin’s] pattern of behaviour was and it was very clear that Ukraine would be next.

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