Putin’s meat grinder, Hamas murderers in Rafah, Iran’s global grip: Is West ready for war?

Putin’s meat grinder, Hamas murderers in Rafah, Iran’s global grip: Is West ready for war?

these Gates uh into Gaza we use for
Hamas to break out of Gaza and go and
murder uh Israelis and Cold Blood Iran
is at the heart of absolutely every
problem you know the three hes the
terrorist groups of Hamas Hezbollah
theotis all sponsored trained funded by
Iran uh Putin has put his he doesn’t
care how many people he murders he
doesn’t care how many people go through
the meat grinder of a front line and it
matters here because if Putin were to
win that war he wouldn’t stop in Ukraine
he’d carry on Putin just knows basically
no end to his own evil their positions
they’re
practicing PPO accuracy over targets is
what has transformed so much of this
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around the world and with me today is
none other than Britain’s defense
minister Secretary of State Grant shaps
the man who warned we are living in a
pre-war World Grant perhaps you could
start by just telling us you know what
do you expect to happen in Gaza now we
saw that ceasefire uh and hostage
exchange a long time ago now which
eventually broke down you know it this
has now gone on for many many months you
still got those hostages um being held
uh as has been said there’s actually a
very generous offer when you think about
it uh you’d get uh a few dozen hostages
released in return uh a 40-day ceasefire
thousands of Palestinians released and
an opportunity to build from that more
importantly into the permanent ceas fire
that everybody wants to see to get the
humanitarian Aid in and bring this thing
to a close so uh quite a big offer being
made we now wait to see where Hamas go
on this but we know that um Benjamin
Netanyahu is being told by members of
his own cabinet that to accept a peace
deal that to not invade Rafa uh would be
a capitulation would be showing in their
words the White Flag I mean what’s your
message to for start the issue with
Israel’s government is it’s a coalition
it’s a big rainbow of very very uh uh
disperate views so I mean of course
you’ll always find someone who says this
or don’t do that or do this I think you
know given the level of human suffering
on on uh you know from this conflict
which started with a terrorist
organization going and slaughtering um
people and then everything that’s
happened since you know bringing this to
a a conclusion is absolutely essential
it’s in uh obviously the Palestinian
people’s interest it’s in Israel’s
interest it’s in the world’s interest to
see that um happen uh and uh you know
the the root to that is by releasing
hostages the thing which started all of
this why is there a need to build a
Brand New Port I mean it seems like an
EXT extraordinarily complicated no doubt
very expensive way to get Aid in Israel
has existing ports it has you know why
yeah well so it should explain it’s it’s
a pier rather than a port so effectively
it’s a temporary uh extension from a
ship that creates this things is not a
full peer actually what I really want to
see happen and I’ve spoken to my
opposite number several times about this
many times about it right from the
beginning uh you have Gallant who’s the
defense minister in the in in Israel is
we want to see ashdod in particular
which is a a porse in Israel receive uh
the aid probably from the rout across
from Cyprus and then get it as quickly
as possible into Gaza now uh previously
I’ve been successful with others
persuading the Israelis to open up
kierum Shalom that’s in the Southeast
corner of of Gaza from Israel and Aid is
getting in that way I’d also like to see
eret which is in the north of Gaza
opened that road route would be very
efficient now I can understand be more
efficient well yeah I think you know
actually I think what you really want to
do is everything but yes I think the the
road route and V report would be very
very helpful and I continue to make that
point to Israel look I think
psychologically the difficulty for
Israel has been these Gates uh into Gaza
were used for Hamas to break out of Gaza
and go and murder uh Israelis In Cold
Blood and then you’ve got a situation
where we’re all saying to Israel look
could you just reopen those Gates now
send in Aid through the same Gates that
we used to for terrorists to come out
and murder you and I think that has been
quite
psychologically difficult for Israel the
public in Israel to Bear but I think
it’s critically important there are
reports that the UK is considering
putting boots in the ground to deliver
humanitarian Aid into Gaza could you
sort of clarify these reports well we’
never kind of get into operational kind
of planning um we we’ll definitely
assist wherever we can on this but the
safety of British troops you’ll
understand as as British defense
secretary is my Paramount uh you know
concern uh and um but we’re looking with
the Americans at how best we can use our
various different facilities and as I
say that’s already we’re already
committed with cardigan Bay cardigan Bay
the the support ship which would be a
command and control for all of this and
actually involves uh 100 I think
actually 150 Americans on board helping
to coordinate this whole operation
precisely how it will then last and who
then receives it Etc I can’t go into
those kind of operational details uh
would it be would it be an option under
consideration though for uk4 I
presumably the peer will need some form
of security and management so there’d be
a lot of things that would need to
happen uh including a very large
security Cordon around it including um
uh uh air cover and and many other
things I can’t really go into
operational details but I I you know I W
I will never send British troops
somewhere which is sort Reckless or
would dang Liv just on that exact point
we have of course as you mentioned
warships and RF jets shooting down
Iranian maid missiles and drones in the
region we’ve got British troops risking
their lives as part of operation Shader
to counter the threat of Islamic State
in Iraq and Syria how worried are you
that what’s happening in the Middle East
could spiral into a wider War well
frankly it’s been my concern since
October the 7th I mean that has been the
number one thing and I think actually
when you saw what the Iranian attack of
hundreds of drones ballistic Cruz
missiles uh the other week um I think
the fear for the world at that moment
was that Israel might react and even
over uh size their response in a manner
that could have led to now a regional
conflict which was bigger uh we
obviously all spoke to our Israeli
opposite numbers and I think the Israeli
response was precise and exact and
actually a more mature response which
has prevented this from spiraling into
the next stage which I think you know on
that Saturday night wasn’t it when Iran
fired for the first time at Israel uh
after all of these Decades of of saber
rattling rattling I think it was very
possible to imagine this would have
evolved in a far worse way in the in the
weeks since so Israel actually I think
acted very responsibly very precise I
mean of course Iran will pretend nothing
was was hit we know that wasn’t the case
nonetheless uh very much welcome that it
hasn’t led to the next uh you know
extension of this of this regional
conflict do you think that risk has now
pass are we through the moment of of
highest I anyone who can predict the
Middle East is is you know is is an
incredible uh uh profit I would say
because you know the one thing we know
about this region is it’s a difficult
neighborhood um to be in uh the other
thing I know for certain is Iran is at
the heart of absolutely every problem
you know the three hes the terrorist
groups of Hamas Hezbollah the hotis all
sponsored trained funded by Iran their
Iran aligned militia groups who you know
fire on uh uh well anyone who they they
they don’t like essentially again great
instability and then Iran themselves
firing hundreds of projectiles they are
at the heart of the problem and what’s
really interesting when I speak to my uh
Middle East uh opposite numbers whether
in Israel all the Arab states and the in
the Gulf States they all agree that Iran
is at the heart of the the problem they
are the massive instability in that area
in that region and uh it’s really
important that we’re clear about that
and I thought very interestingly when
Iran did fire at Israel quietly and
without great Fanfare uh it was quite
clear that the rest of the Arab world
didn’t agree with what Iran was doing
and they took part in helping to to stop
those strikes absolutely I mean Iran of
course is also supplying the Shahed
kamak kamakazi oneway attack drones to
Ukraine and I wanted to actually talk
about Ukraine for a moment if we can I
mean Russia is advancing Ukraine is
getting hammered on an almost nightly
basis by these sort of complex air
strikes hitting critical National
infrastructure you know killing
civilians killing children it’s as bad
almost as it’s ever
been you’ve announced an extra 500
million uh in British aid for Ukraine I
think takes it to three billion the UK
Aid uh this year and of course America’s
finally unblocked that much bigger but
$61 billion Aid package for key for
military aid we’re focusing on what
we’re doing what you’re doing um what
are you sending and how’s it going to
make a difference so as you say we we’ve
added as was up now to three billion for
this year previous two years of the war
we did 2.3 billion so big increase but
I’ve also done last week the biggest
single uh gifting package of equipment
to uh our Ukrainian friends it’s really
really important that Britain carries on
doing what we’ve done from the outset
which is to lead the world in terms of
our response we’ve been the most
forward-leaning country from the
beginning we were training before the
main War got started right after Ukraine
was invaded Crimea back in 2014 we
started to train Ukrainian troops we’ve
now done 65,000 Ukrainian troops we’re
the first to send in anti-tank missiles
the first descend in main battle tanks
the first descend in missiles with the
permissions to use them proper L and uh
the first to sign an agreement with
Ukraine which we call our 100-year
partnership with Ukraine and now we’re
going to be the first also to provide
and you’ll recall we don’t have F-16
planes we just don’t fly the aircraft
Ukraine is getting a load of those we’re
going to provide the Glide bombs for for
those aircraft uh as well so we are
really stepping up and actually in a
much bigger way than perhaps is apparent
because the US package actually includes
replenishment for their own US Stocks so
the 61 billion isn’t all for
Ukraine I think we need to use that
leadership at this incredibly difficult
time during the uh War where as you
rightly say uh Putin has put his he
doesn’t care how many people he murders
he doesn’t care how many people go
through this meat grinder of a front
line um he will just carry on sending
them because he’s not accountable in any
kind of recognizable Democratic way and
we’ve got to help our Ukrainian friends
defend themselves and that is why I
think us both sending them another half
a billion on top of our already record
size thing all this extra kit and then
saying to the rest of NATO we’re going
to increase our budget now to two and a
half% of GDP which is what we want to
set as the new NATO minimum spend and
that’s what we’re going to be saying to
Nato uh come the 75th Anniversary I
think in that way we can lead again and
make sure that Ukraine gets what it
needs to win this war Grant you and I
follow obviously follow in Ukraine
really closely but to someone who isn’t
following it that closely I mean it
sounds like an awful lot of money and
now it sounds like more money on top of
an awful lot of money what can you
actually point to you know how has
British Aid made a difference on the
battlefield it matters here and it
matters here because if Putin were to
win that war he wouldn’t stop in Ukraine
he’d carry on he’s talked about other
areas that he think should be part of
Greater Russia basically the old Soviet
Union that would affect us other
autocratic leaders around the world
would look at this and go well the West
can be beaten you just have to carry on
for a couple of years and we all give in
so what does that mean in Taiwan for
example and the chips that are made
there and the way that affects our
economy so the connection back to anyone
watching this is is direct this three
billion I understand that it’s going to
continue how long will that pledge
continue yeah so that that was the other
thing we announced last week and I’m
really pleas you mentioned actually
because it was almost lost in the flurry
of we’re going to spend two and a half%
of our GDP on on uh on defense and what
have you but we also said we will now
match the three billion we spent every
single year at least till the end of the
decade I mean I’m I’m not making a
prediction about the length of the war
because who knows but that’s another six
five six years and we’ll do three
billion a year every single year and I
wanted to do that because when I speak
to president zalinski it it’s really
important he knows that we’re in this
for the long term and this isn’t just
you know they otherwise they’re living
hand to mouth with us we want them to
know that Britain is there and he will
say uh as zinski has said to me you know
without Britain they just don’t know
where they would have been without our
leadership but Britain has said and
you’ve said as long as it takes Britain
stands with Ukraine as long as it takes
but you must have some sense you know
how long it might take is this a Forever
War well look it’s not right now um it
was frozen on the front line as you
rightly say uh Russia has been moving
West not particularly fast but they’ve
been making gains that’s absolutely
short took far too long to get the money
through to through Congress and frankly
every body needs to step up I don’t you
know I don’t think if you are even if
you’re a European nation now um but
you’re not a member of NATO maybe it’s
time to think about it right because you
know as actually’s recently recently
happened with um Sweden and Finland
joining it’s you know you can’t really
be neutral in a world in which an
autocrat is prepared to just go and seiz
neighbors land how can you stay neutral
in that situation and I think everybody
needs to be contributing everybody body
needs to be getting on board on this
continent let alone America I mean they
don’t live on this continent you it’s
great they come and help but it’s also
our responsibility which is why I say
two and a half% is there anyone you’d
single out anyone you think needs to be
doing more well anyone who’s not
currently frankly a member of NATO but
enjoys NATO’s protection uh you know I
think it it is time for people to think
about given a tyrant you know once again
we’ve seen this before in history moving
West I think it’s time to to to kind of
stop and and review and just quickly on
that um I know Ana wants to come in but
there is a risk that uh with elections
in America you know there could be a
change of administration and it’s
uncertain where Donald Trump’s become
president how he would or whether he
would support Ukraine indeed he said he
could end the war in a day and that his
plan is to effectively make ke
capitulate in that scenario are you
confident that that the rest of NATO or
rather the rest of the UK Ukraine
Alliance the cont group can uh continue
to support Ukraine America I mean first
I was talking to the the NATO Secretary
General last week Stenberg about this in
in Poland and he rightly points out I
agree that actually a he’s dealt with
and we all have actually a trump
presidency before and uh you know NATO
still goes and all the rest of it but
actually more to the point um in that
very delicate vote in the uh in Congress
it really hinged on the speaker Mike
Johnson uh supporting the vote going
through and then the more what you call
radical I suppose Republicans not going
after speaker Johnson as a result of him
doing that and Trump was very
interesting in this he specifically went
out of his way to support Mike Johnson
the Republican speaker now he could have
gone the opposite way and I think it’s
conceivable if he had done that the
package may have had trouble passing
Trump didn’t do that so most think with
these things judge people on their on
their actions rather than their words
and I think that’s really true Trump you
think Trump’s changed his mind on you I
don’t know whether it’s changed but look
it’s as I said before if you think about
America’s interests um even if you took
the view that some of the most you know
uh call them extreme commentators in
America might or politicians of oh
Europe doesn’t matter we’re not wor even
if you took that view and I don’t think
many people think that but even if you
did if you’re America you still care
about
what China and happens in China and
Taiwan and Chip manufacturing and all
these other things and as I said before
the single message you’d send to
autocrats everywhere if the West said
you can’t just walk into your neighbor
and take it over as Putin’s done with
Ukraine and then we go well actually
there sort of a bit of a tension deficit
over a couple of years and we’re sort of
bored of it so you can now if you did
that then America’s own power would be
directly uh hit by that and Trump would
recognize that as much as the next
person I think he he does I think
bringing back US policies to Ukraine’s
front line I’d love to ask the Americans
have signaled they uncomfortable with
long-range strikes actually into Russian
territory but last week Britain’s chief
of Defense uh Admiral Tony Rakin said
that Britain supports these attacks
would you be able to sort of clarify the
UK’s position on this well look first of
all uh I’m obviously not going to get
into sort of uh tactics and and and
those sort of things other than to say
two things first we’ve always been quite
forward lean on all of this and uh
you’ve seen how um given that Putin
walked into Crimea and just took it in
2014 and there was no military fightback
you’ve seen how our brave Ukrainian
friends have been opening up the Black
Sea in fact the Russian Black Sea Fleet
no longer sails in the Black Sea and
certainly doesn’t sail its own liberty
in the in the Black Sea uh because
ukrainians who don’t have a Navy have
managed to make it inoperable for
Putin’s Navy so Britain has always been
supportive of the whole of Ukraine uh
being you know back under Ukrainian
control secondly in terms of Ukraine’s
own tactics and how they prosecute the
war we can’t realistically have a
position where everyone accepts
Ukrainian critical National
infrastructure like power stations and
what have you being blasted to bits and
they go but Ukraine you can’t you can’t
tell you can’t attack the uh
infrastructure of the country who are
attacking you we won’t let you do I mean
that would be ridiculous but it is a
decision those things are a decision
decision for Ukraine we are not Direct
combatives in this in this war and we
will never be because this is not a NATO
country Ukraine so they don’t come under
Article 5 protection and that will have
to be a question for Ukraine themselves
on um I’d like to ask about Russia’s
reach into NATO countries and I want to
ask you specifically about GPS jamming
now you remember I was lucky or perhaps
unlu lucky enough to be on your Royal
air for famous our famous uh trip
together yeah when we were flying back
and that aircraft was jammed in eastern
Poland we’ve since at the sun done an
investigation which reveals the extent
of this I mean thousands of Civilian
flights are getting jammed uh almost on
a daily basis and just last week there
were two fin air aircraft that turned
back on their way to Estonia because of
the jamming affecting their navigation
systems that has prompted leaders in the
Baltic states to warn of a looming air
disaster how serious is this and what’s
being done yeah well look on one level
completely irresponsible to be jamming
those GPS signals and you know we were
flying uh you know by south of CLR I
think and uh uh we experienced jams for
about I think 20 25 minutes then
actually I mean I’m a pilot myself and I
was chatting to the pilots about it just
there was no by the way absolutely no
drama about it at all as a pilot you
know there were many other ways that you
can navigate an aircraft uh and uh
including talking to air traffic control
but also so time based navigation
systems which are not GPS so it’s
perfectly usually perfectly safe to fly
but in congested art Skies GPS is an
important part of that and I think we
are seeing a world in which GPS both
jamming and and spoofing so aircraft
being shown whether they not and that
sort of thing has become increasingly uh
critical first of all usly condemn
people doing that again Putin just knows
basically no end to his own evil is is
is is my view but as the British
military in particular we’re developing
systems which use things like precise
navigational time pnt in order to um use
systems which don’t require GPS
satellites from space to tell you where
you are and do you think it’s feasible
that civilian aircraft might need to ad
and they already do to an extent so even
on the aircraft we were on uh actually
they have systems on there which were
able to tell us where we were based on
what time did you take off and what
altitude you at and all those types of
things systems are becoming more and
more precise all the time and I could
confirm actually that defense research
and development is is at The Cutting
Edge of of doing even more with this and
I I imagine that in years to come
probably all airra will have many
alternative versions of navigation for
exactly this reason but how
irresponsible to block GPS uh knowing
that you’re blocking civilian Airlines
and staying on the topic of threats to
the UK let’s talk about the home front
for a moment times are hard there’s no
money in the treasury but you’ve managed
to secure 2.5% of GDP on defense I Now
understand that was going to take 10
years it’s now going to be achieved in
six what suddenly changed yeah so look
first of all if you think about defense
of the realm that is the first and
primary juicy of any government and I
was sufficiently satisfied as defense
secretary at time of a war in Europe a
major conflict in the Middle East um a
much more uh assertive China uh North
Korea nuclear armed Iran creating all of
those problems regionally but you know
developing nuclear as well and and
Putin’s outrageous behavior in Europe
that these are more dangerous times in
January I went to Lancaster house in
London and I made a speech about how
we’re living in more dangerous times and
I specifically you call the phrase
perhaps we’ve moved from a postwar to a
pre-war world not because I think we’re
about to go to war I don’t and I we
obviously don’t want to but because I
think that it was time to alert people
that the best way to defend yourself is
and prevent your adversaries from
thinking that they can try it on is to
make sure that you build up your own
defenses and I thought we’ taken the
peace dividend too many times threats
from Iran you mentioned North Korea
China Russia uh as as well and obviously
um you know just sort of bubbling
conflicts around the world and yet for
all this extra money uh you remain a
Secretary of State for defense who’s
presiding over the smallest Army in 300
years is or so you know on D-Day we
mustered the Royal Navy mustered a
thousand vessels for the dday the first
day of the D-Day Landings today Royal
Navy has 17 frigs and destroyers and
it’s got a couple of aircraft carriers
as well but um it’s much much stronger
and we don’t know for certain I think
how many f-35s the RAF is actually
eventually going to get and my question
really is quite simple given those
threats that you’ve just outlined so
eloquently are the UK’s Armed Forces
large enough so simple answer uh if you
were at War as we were DJ you would have
conscription right so you would you
would then have a an army many many
times that the size I think a looking
only at the Army is only to look at part
of the I mean the whole AR yes so but
often people do just kind of default of
the army but actually if you take the
whole Armed Forces Navy uh Air Force and
of course these day space as we were
just talking about but also cyber uh
actually you know there are a couple
hundred thousand people not the 73,000
often often quoted what I’m really
interested in though primarily is The
lethality of what we do right so we are
the second biggest spender in NATO we
are the biggest spender militarily in
Europe by a country mile as uh
stoltenberg the NATO Secretary General
was was pointing out last last week uh
and um we are one of the only militaries
who have totally Global reach so we will
have and by the way we have about 70 I
think 76 six ships I’ll shortly be
saying more about our our our as as a
ship building Zar which is one of the
defense secretary’s official titles I’ll
be saying more about this this shortly
but we we have truly Global reach we in
every single ocean we can deploy around
the world and it’s really interesting
when you because I hear your question
but look at which are the only countries
who’ve been hitting the hooes which are
the only countries that have been which
were involved in defending um Israel
when it was under attack from Iran
from outside of the region America and
Britain every time where the part where
the country who steps up so yeah sure
I’m defense secretary I could always
argue we could do more but are we
capable absolutely are we willing yes as
demonstrated uh and are we investing in
the right kit well that’s my job to make
sure that we that we are but I often see
the stuff massively undersold RAF for
example um we have the greatest lift
capacity in the raf’s history but you
wouldn’t think that when you often read
about this which is only have a story of
how it’s it’s not big enough but can I
just to build on what you you’ve
tantalizingly hinted that there might be
more coming on the ship building
strategy I mean would I be right in
assuming you’re going to announce more
ships and that would suggest you don’t
think the Armed Forces as they currently
stand are substantial enough and you
want to make well I be completely black
and white I’m not going to do the
announcement now but I’ll be completely
black and white about it I wouldn’t have
gone out and made that speech at
Lancaster house if I imagine that for
the world that is now with us and
upcoming
we and our allies were sufficiently
prepared that is why I use the word the
words I believe that we’ve taken the
peace dividend probably now too many
times uh and uh that we were moving
potentially from a postwar to a pre-war
world so of course I think we need to do
more and what’s more the Prime Minister
and the chancellor and the cabinet agree
and that is why we have just announced 2
and a half% 75 billion pound uh uplift
in this pre War environment that you
talk about what are you going to buy and
does the UK need an Iron Dome missile
defense like Israel has and has used so
well so far so first of all in terms of
what we’re going to buy uh I will set
out a lot of the things that uh actually
I’ll be completely upfront with you a
lot of this is to make sure we can
deliver the things that we always said
we wanted to do properly but there are
extra things that we want to do so
Munitions I mean this war in Ukraine is
absolutely shown that the world doesn’t
have enough stock piles we’re going to
add to our existing plans for
with another billion pounds a year over
the next 10 years so I was at the um
Storm Shadow Factory on on Thursday um
seeing those storm Shadows that have
been so significant uh to to the world
uh with the you know to our Ukrainian um
friends us along with other countries
have have provided these longrange
missiles but we want a lot more of them
on stockpile we need that for our own
safety and to defend the the the West so
stop P are going to be a big part of it
I’m afraid will probably have to wait a
little bit for the rest of my out but
I’ll tell you where my priorities are I
really believe in recruiting and
retaining our brave Armed Forces I want
them to have a better deal so their
housing their accommodation their
service accommodation big uplift in the
quality of that I’ve put four billion
pounds aside from the package to to to
do more of of that and then you ask
about an Iron Dome sort of thing of
course that attracted great interest
because Israel were using it to shoot
down the Iranian missiles um so first
first of all there’s a regional context
to this Israel as we’ve discussed were
in a difficult neighborhood we are a not
in that neighborhood but B more
importantly uh have the cover of uh NATO
now NATO’s Article 5 says in our case
that 31 other countries come to our
immediate defense by law if we are
attacked so you would be insane to fire
missiles at us in the in the same way
that’s the first thing the second thing
to say is of course we have the ultimate
declared deterrence which is is the
nuclear deterent again you’d be rather
crazy to kind of kind of come after the
UK and um importantly but often not
discussed we actually already have a
system of layered protection include
something uh which is called the the the
quick response the qra which is where to
prevent a 911 type attack uh we have
typhoons ready to scramble and as
defense secretary and the Prime Minister
and others we’re 24 hours on duty uh to
provide executive orders on that we have
also a Skys saber system which is
a a missile system to take down incoming
and a number of other things I can’t go
into having said all of that in this
rather long answer we’re also working
with our European Neighbors on what a
European Sky Shield might look like as
well and we’re we’re in the early stages
of work on on that as well but for all
sorts of reasons we’re not in that sort
of Israeli situation where actually
Hamas were already firing rockets at
Israel on a daily basis hundreds
thousands of them each year and so were
Lebanese Hezbollah so they had a rather
more pressing need uh not being in NATO
as well to to have those things in place
so possibly a sky Shield but no Iron
Dome for now Grant thank you very very
much for joining uh the World at War uh
with the sun if um if you’re watching
this on YouTube and you have any
questions for us then please ask them in
the comments below and we will do our
best to answer them for you uh next week
as I said my name is Jerome star and
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Putin’s meat grinder, Hamas murderers in Rafah, Iran’s global grip: Is West ready for war?

Grant Shapps told The Sun’s brand new World at War show that a defeat for Kyiv tells the growing axis of evil between Russia, China, Iran that the “West can be beaten”.

Mr Shapps grimly stated that these are “dangerous times” with threats looming not just in Europe but also in the Middle East and Asia.

The defence secretary described the devastation on the Ukraine frontline as a “meat grinder” – with UK intelligence revealing this week some 450,000 Russian troops have been killed and injured.

Read more:
WORLD AT WAR Vlad doesn’t care how many die in Ukraine meat grinder – and if he wins it won’t just be West that is next, warns Shapps
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/27651118/putin-ukraine-meat-grinder-west-next-shapps/

Britain in talks to join Europe’s new ‘Sky Shield’ missile defence system to protect against Putin, says Grant Shapps
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/27644129/britain-europe-air-defence-system-grant-shapps/

Israel set to hold off on retaliation over Iran’s blitz in return for green light to smash Hamas in Gaza
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/27407777/israel-hold-off-iran-blitz-retaliation-hamas/

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