Russia will take five years to capture four Ukrainian regions 'if they carry on as they are' - UK army head

Answering questions at a conference in London, the new Chief of the General Staff said that the war in Ukraine was "not going well for anyone". But he warned that Vladimir Putin must fail or else a wider security framework that protects the Euro-Atlantic NATO alliance - the true target of his aggression - would be at risk. "It has just started in Ukraine, so it must fail in Ukraine otherwise where does it go next?" he told an audience of military personnel, industry officials and other defence experts at the Land Warfare Conference in London, held by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) thinktank.