Putin must ’desist and step back’ from war in Ukraine, warns Liz Truss

Russia risks becoming embroiled in a “terrible quagmire“ if it invades Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned Friday, raising the spectre of a prolonged, bloody and sapping conflict for Moscow. In a speech in Australia, the UK’s top diplomat issued a blunt and personal warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he is on the brink of making a major strategic blunder. He “has not learned the lessons of history,“ Truss told Sydney’s Lowy Institute, urging Putin to “desist and step back from Ukraine before he makes a massive strategic mistake.“