The former Conservative MP said he was glad to see Britain playing a full role in diplomacy including the training of Ukrainian soldiers
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Winston Churchill’s grandson Sir Nicholas Soames has told GB News that Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘will pay a terrible price’ if a full scale invasion of Ukraine is launched.
Speaking to Alastair Stewart on GB News, the former Conservative MP said he was glad to see Britain playing a full role in diplomacy including the training of Ukrainian soldiers.
“It looks to me as though President Putin is imminently waiting to do one of three things”, Sir Nicholas said.
He thought the Russian President could either “withdraw his troops”, “force a corridor from the Ukraine to the Crimea”, or “launch a full-scale invasion, but if he does he would pay a terrible price.”
Sir Nicholas praised the presence of former members of the armed forces in the House of Commons, which he said was useful “because they understand the issues and the items in play.”
He specifically mentioned “it is always very helpful” when a defence minister has been a soldier, telling GB News of the Defence Secretary’s “distinguished career” in the Scots Guards, also mentioning the experience of defence minister James Heappy, and chairman of the defence committee Tobias Ellwood.
Sir Nicholas Soames himself was commissioned into the 11th Hussars in 1967, eventually resigning his commission in August 1975.
Armed forces minister James Heappey has said a Russian attack on Ukraine could arrive with “no notice”.
Mr Heappey said: “We’ve seen now that there’s 130,000 combat troops around Ukraine’s land borders. There’s thousands more on amphibious shipping in the Black Sea.
“Russia has concentrated artillery missile systems and combat air in the area. And, perhaps more ominously, although it grabs less headlines, all of the combat enablers, the logistics, the fuel, the medical supplies, the bridging assets, are all also now in place.
“So, the reason that the travel advice changed on Friday and the urgency of the messaging since is that the attack could effectively now happen with no notice.”
