Sunday, February 08, 2015

Britain’s former Nato chief hits out at ‘irrelevant’ David Cameron as he warns Ukraine crisis could spiral into ‘total war’

The crisis in Ukraine could lead to ‘total war’, Britain’s former Nato chief warned yesterday.

His stark warning came as the French and German leaders flew to Moscow to thrash out a peace deal – without David Cameron.

General Sir Richard Shirreff also criticised Mr Cameron for not doing enough to persuade Vladimir Putin to pull back from Russia’s intervention in the country, saying he risked becoming a ‘foreign policy irrelevance’.

His comments came as the Defence Secretary said Moscow’s aggression proved the need to update Britain’s nuclear capability .... http://www.dailymail.co.uk