Cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/11328562

The British Secretary of State for Defense, Grant Shapps, warned that Moscow was “prepared for a war of attrition no matter how many tens of thousands of its own citizens it loses” before warning that a Russian victory would endanger Europe and send the wrong message to Beijing.

“There’s no world in which Putin can be allowed to win,” Shapps said. “Not only would it embolden him, putting our other Eastern European allies in Russia’s crosshairs, but it would also signal to China that everything is up for grabs.”