Russia will not stop if it wins the war in Ukraine, the US ambassador to the UK has told Sky News.
Speaking to Sky News presenter Kay Burley from her official residence in central London last week, Jane Hartley said she is “optimistic” that the US will release more funding for Ukraine, but said “anybody who thinks that Russia may stop after this, I think is wrong”.
“I was ambassador [to France and Monaco] in 2014, and I saw what happened in Crimea. I don’t know why anybody would say, ‘oh this is it for Russia’,” she said.
“Democracy, I think, is at stake. So, we need to support Ukraine.”
Ms Hartley added that “these are difficult days” after Burley asked if she felt an atmosphere “almost comparable” to that last seen before the Second World War.
She then said that “we want to do everything we can to make sure Ukraine is still a strong democracy and that Russia loses this war”.
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