Lord Watts
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Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)
That is absolutely right. Russia must not be rewarded for its actions here. That would send a bad signal to others around the world and would leave other states in the region incredibly vulnerable.
Lord Watts (Lab)
My Lords, does the Minister agree with me that it would be very naive to believe that Putin’s only ambition is to occupy parts of Ukraine? He has much wider views about where he would like to occupy. It is most important that we make sure he does not succeed.
Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)
We have many reasons to believe that, not least because that is what Putin himself has said. We also look at the behaviour of Russia in Georgia, Romania and Poland. There is plenty of evidence to support what my noble friend asserts.