Tatarintsev was speaking as his country moved attack helicopters to its border with Ukraine, further

UKRAINE invasion fears hit a dangerous new high yesterday as Moscow made it clear they do not care about pressure from the rest of the World. Footage showed swarms of assault helicopters at the same site from where pro-Russian forces in 2014 mounted an attack on its besieged neighbour.... Britain has an RAF squadron on standby ready to police the skies in Nato’s South East corner. The West is expected to announce a new package of economic and defensive support for Ukraine within days.... The W

Ukraine rejected claims by Britain’s defence secretary Ben Wallace that diplomatic efforts with Russia have “ a whiff of Munich ” about them, as it demanded Russia attend a summit within 48 hours.... “ Even Putin doesn’t really want it.... What he wants is for us to serve his interests and through our division show his strength....

However current funding arrangements mean that taxpayers in all four nations contribute to the cost.... What an appalling result for President Putin.... If we do not respond with a full set of sanctions now, Putin will once again take away the message that the benefits of aggression outweigh the costs." So we will work with the Prime Minister and our international allies to ensure that more sanctions are introduced....