Russian president Vladimir Putin could “raise the stakes” after his latest embarassing defeat in Kherson as Ukraine prepares for victory, the chair of the UK defence select committee has said.
In an interview with Sky’s Kay Burley, Tobias Ellwood, who is currently in Odesa, said: “Putin is now humiliated. And there’s huge concern that he’s going to go more extreme. He’s going to find more imaginative ways to raise the stakes.”
The Conservative MP for Bournemouth East added that Russia has started to “regroup” on the other side of the Dnipro River. The UK defence ministry also stated that Moscow has made the Azov Sea port town of Henichesk a ‘temporary capital’ of the occupied region.
His comments come as Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said today his country will have to fight “a little longer” to secure victory against Russia’s invasion.
He also called for a clear exit of Russia from Ukraine, by withdrawing all its troops and armed formations, to bring about the end of the war.
