In a recent guest blog on CND’s national website, Carol Turner wrote about the realities of war in Ukraine, and the urgent need to decelerate the war. In the few days since that blog was published, the opposite is happening. President Putin has responded to Ukrainian incursions within Russian territory by a further bombardment of Ukraine, and President Zelensky is seeking US permission to use more of the weapons supplied by NATO allies against Russian targets. This includes Anglo-French Storm Shadow missiles, which Britain helped to develop – long range, low-observable, air-launched cruise missile.

In the words of the UN Secretary-General: ‘This senseless war has unlimited potential to do terrible harm – in Ukraine, and around the world. There is only one way to end the suffering in Ukraine – and that is by ending the war.’ Read the article in full here