Sunday round-up: war in Ukraine ‘a very long haul’, says Truss

Liz Truss – War in Ukraine could last ‘a number of years’

The Foreign Secretary conducted the government’s media round this morning, in the week which saw Russia invade Ukraine. The capital of Kiev remains under siege from Russian forces, and, as of this morning, the country’s second largest city Kharkiv is also seeing fighting on its streets. Speaking to Trevor Phillips, Liz Truss said that everyone should be prepared for ‘a very long haul:

The UK ‘does welcome refugees’

Keir Starmer and the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper called on the government to remove barriers for fleeing Ukrainians to come to the UK. This was prompted by claims that the bureaucracy in processing visas was causing unnecessary hardship.