Fox urges arms supplies for Ukraine
Fox urges arms supplies for Ukraine Sunday February 22 nd , 2015 at 10:40 AM 1 Share 21 February 2015 Dr Fox warned that the credibility of the entire Nato alliance was at stake as the Russian-backed insurgency in eastern Ukraine had raised the "shadow of conflict" in Europe for the first time since the end of the Cold War. He said it was essential that the government in Kiev had the means to defend itself against the separatists who had used state-of-the-art Russian weapons systems to overrun the key town of Debaltseve despite a ceasefire brokered by Germany and France. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, meeting US Secretary of State John Kerry for talks in London, stressed the need to maintain "US-European alignment" in the face of "continued aggression" by Russia. Mr Kerry said Russia's conduct was "simply unacceptable" and indicated that the US would be pressing for further sanctions in th