The former cabinet minister echoed previous comments made by former prime minister Boris Johnson, who said quitting the EU allowed Britain to 'do things differently' while providing weapons to Kyiv.
The former cabinet minister echoed previous comments made by former prime minister Boris Johnson, who said quitting the EU allowed Britain to"do things differently" while providing weapons to Kyiv.Why you can trust Sky News
The 53-year-old former Tory cabinet minister made the argument after being asked on Sky News' Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme about what had been the main benefits of leaving the EU. "We were able to show global leadership over Ukraine. Putin would probably have invaded Ukraine successfully if the UK had been bound in by the requirement of sincere cooperation and had had to follow a Franco-German line in dealing with Russia, which is what we did in 2014."Mr Johnson said quitting the European bloc allowed Britain to"do things differently" while providing weapons to Kyiv.
"For reasons that are now obscure to me, the British government decided they did not want to be involved in this. France and Germany led it, that was the EU framework.Advertisement
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