![]() ![]() Shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry said “we should be negotiating with the Russians to try to get them back”, but “I don’t think that we can give in to blackmail”. In footage reportedly broadcast on Russia’s Rossiya 24 on Monday, Shaun Pinner addresses the Prime Minister and appears to ask for himself and fellow British prisoner of war Aiden Aslin to be swapped for pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk, who has been held in Ukraine. There are ways to support Ukraine and that is the official ways on the Government website that people can follow.” “But we really should be very clear with people, that isn’t what they should be doing. “I hope you can appreciate I’m not going to comment on the situation on the two individual cases that you reference. Shaun Pinner, the former British Army soldier allegedly captured by Russian forces while fighting for the Ukrainian military (Family handout/PA) Mr Lewis said he could not comment on suggestions of a prisoner exchange when asked about reports of Britons captured while fighting for the Ukrainian military. “As the Prime Minister said when he was in Kyiv with the president (Volodymyr Zelensky) just a week or so ago, we will be sending out further defensive arms.” ![]() “We’re seeing a further push, it seems, from Putin’s regime, so we will continue to do all we can to support Ukraine,” the Northern Ireland Secretary told BBC Breakfast. In the UK, Cabinet minister Brandon Lewis said “we will be sending out further defensive arms” to Ukraine. “The Defence Secretary will be making a statement to Parliament this week.” The provision of Stormers – reported by The Sun – has not yet been officially confirmed, but Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is expected to update MPs this week.Ī defence source said: “It is no secret that the UK has committed to helping Ukraine with its anti-air capabilities. The supply of the Stormer to Ukraine comes after the UK invited Ukrainian generals to Salisbury Plain earlier this month to see the military kit which could be available to them, including armoured vehicles. “A very large part of the entire Russian army is now focused on this offensive.” ![]()
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