Britain and Europe must elevate their defences and rearm faster than Russia as President Putin prepares for a war with Nato, the Ukrainian defence minister has said.
In an interview with The Times in an underground room, he said: “We should not just pause this war.
He said: “In their doctrine they are preparing for the war with Nato.
“Russia is now increasing its power, so we all European nations need to be ready for Russian aggression in future.
Russia would spend the next “three to four years” preparing for another war by rearming and significantly investing in defence.
The defence minister, a former prime minister of Ukraine, said there would need to be a huge rearmament push funded by billions of pounds of investment to stop Russia invading Ukraine again and going for Europe.
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