I escaped Putin in a prisoner swap, and I’m worried about a Trump win

He explained his fears that “growing fatigue” about supporting Ukraine and opposing Putin is becoming more evident not just in the US but across Europe. “It’s understandable,” he said at the London event, hosted by the defence think tank Rusi. “People are tired, people want it over, people just want it to end – some people in any way. But I just hope people realise that if this is just frozen and pushed over, that’s not going to be an end. That’s just delaying it and making it worse a couple of years down the line. We know from history what appeasement of dictators leads to. We know from Western dealings with Vladimir Putin over the last 25 years what appeasement to dictators leads to.”