Foreign Secretary David Cameron urges Western allies to ‘step up’ to Russia
The IndependentSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Lord David Cameron has said Ukraine’s war with Russia “will be lost if the allies don’t step up” as Nato members gather in Brussels. The foreign secretary said he will urge the US Congress to increase its financial support of Ukraine during a visit to the United States next week, telling BBC’s Ukrainecast: “What Nato is looking at is a Nato mission for Ukraine, not a Nato mission in Ukraine. open image in gallery David Cameron has urged allies to spend more on defence during a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels He added: “And I think it’s not escalatory to say we are going to help this independent sovereign country to fight off an aggressor, and we’re going to give it all the help we can in order to do that.” In response to whether he could see Nato troops in Ukraine, Lord Cameron said “No”, adding: “I think that we don’t want to give Putin a target like that, and Nato can do lots of things to better co-ordinate the help we give to Ukraine. “Much better to give those to Ukraine and they can use them than have to decommission them at home that actually costs you money.” open image in gallery Lord Cameron likened Russia’s actions to Nazi Germany in 1938 In his speech at an event in Brussels hosted by the Royal United Services Institute think tank, Lord Cameron said Nato needed to demonstrate its “relevance” to younger people who had not grown up with the threat of the Cold War.