Conservative shadow cabinet minister Alicia Kearns says the UK “must be ready to stand on our own two feet with Europe to defend Ukraine”, as it is “looking more likely that Trump is turning his focus to China”. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00Ukraine cannot be excluded. They are the ones that must win in this.
00:04It was a renewed illegal invasion by a terrorist state, and that is Putin at its helm.
00:08They must be the clear winners. History must make that very, very clear.
00:12When it comes to Europe, yes, the US spends about 3.4% of its GDP on defence,
00:19but Poland spends 4.7%, Estonia spends far more, and no one has done more than the UK
00:25in defence of Ukraine. It is our continent. I have said for a long time that the UK must
00:30be ready to stand on our own two feet with Europe to defend Ukraine should, for example,
00:35the US's focus turn to the Indo-Pacific or there be a hot war there.
00:38That is looking more likely that Trump is turning his focus to China,
00:42and therefore we must stand ready. So no, we cannot be removed from these negotiations.