Sir Richard Dearlove
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 28 Feb
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And what I find extraordinary is that the war has not escalated outside of Ukrainian territory, which is remarkable.
It's been contained.
The element that worries me
is if the Ukrainians do gain the upper hand militarily, which isn't out of the question,
then I think we are faced with the risk of Russian escalation.
And what I mean by that is desperation on the Russian side, which could lead to the use of what we call a battlefield, a tactical nuclear weapon, which would be catastrophic in consequence.
So, I mean, what I would like to see is an end to the fighting, but along the current line of division,
so that you have a truce, which is not going to be policed by foreign armies.
I mean, this is, you know, the idea of boots on the ground, the coalition of the willing, it's completely, you know, the Ukrainians don't need that.
They've got a million men under arms.
They can police their own line, maybe with some observers on both sides.
But I think that's what we should hope for.
And what we have to aim at is that
Russia gives up its ridiculous claim to territory which it has not won militarily.
The security guarantee could be quite straightforward.
You can have an aerial security guarantee based outside Ukrainian territory, which would, as it were, give air cover to an extent which the Russians would find it very hard to deal with.
So, you can have a security guarantee based in Thailand.
based somewhere else where aircraft could be deployed and they can guarantee a line of truce.
That's the only solution.
But to put boots on the ground, the Russians are never going to accept that.
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