Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is turning into a “much more perilous misadventure” than the Russian president imagined, the deputy prime minister has told Sky News.
Dominic Raab said action taken by the UK so far, including sanctions, is having an impact.
Ukraine-Russia news live: Casualties mount as peace talks stall with no deal
He stressed the government would be doing “everything we can to degrade Putin’s war machine” and repeated Boris Johnson’s assertion that the Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine “must fail”.
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