{"id":1341601,"date":"2022-02-25T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1341601"},"modified":"2022-02-25T10:23:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:23:40","slug":"former-brexit-secretary-says-british-warplanes-should-bomb-russian-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-brexit-secretary-says-british-warplanes-should-bomb-russian-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Brexit Secretary Says British Warplanes Should Bomb Russian Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-brexit-secretary-says-british-warplanes-should-bomb-russian-forces%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1341601&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-677299538-e1645727097842-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Senior British politician David Davis has called on the British government to \u201cneutralize\u201d Russian forces in Ukraine from the air, claiming that this would \u201creduce the risk of escalation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Davis, a leading backbench Member of Parliament, the government\u2019s inaugural Secretary of State for Brexit, and a former party leadership contender, is not content with Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/west-will-slap-unprecedented-sanctions-russia-britain-says-2022-02-24\/\">announcement<\/a> of \u201cthe largest and most severe package of economic sanctions that Russia has ever seen\u201d, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidDavisMP\/status\/1496790751178412032\">arguing<\/a> that \u201c[t]hey will not stop [Vladimir Putin].\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf NATO does not act now, Ukraine will be defeated in a matter of days,\u201d the 73-year-old asserted in a lengthy Twitter thread.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore if we do not provide military support, more than 40 million Ukrainians will go from living in a democracy to living under a brutal dictatorship,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is far too late to get boots on the ground but it is not too late to provide air support to the Ukrainian army which may neutralize Putin\u2019s overwhelming armoured superiority.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Davis went on to argue that such an intervention, if \u201cconfined to the airspace over Ukraine, and\u2026 based on a request from President Zelenskyy\u201d of Ukraine \u201cshould\u201d be \u201cperfectly legal under almost any interpretation of international law,\u201d claiming that, in his opinion, it would \u201calso reduce the risk of escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is far too late to get boots on the ground but it is not too late to provide air support to the Ukrainian army which may neutralize Putin&#8217;s overwhelming armoured superiority.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Davis (@DavidDavisMP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidDavisMP\/status\/1496790754882162689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Davis\u2019s call for an air war with the Russian Federation did not meet with universal acclaim, with Poland-based British journalist Ben Sixsmith describing his proposal as \u201cnuts\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should rearm our military [and] make progress towards energy independence but sending our armed forces into a hot war involving a nuclear power isn\u2019t just asking for trouble, it\u2019s begging for it,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BDSixsmith\/status\/1496794682516455425\">warned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Davis\u2019s assertion that launching such a war would \u201creduce the risk of escalation\u201d stands sharply at odds with President Putin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/24\/vladimir-putin-threatens-consequences-greater-than-any-of-you-have-faced-in-history-if-outsiders-interfere-in-ukraine\/\">direct warning<\/a> to third countries that \u201canyone who would consider interfering from the outside\u2026 will face consequences greater than any of you have faced in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll relevant decisions have been taken. I hope you hear me,\u201d the Russian leader added ominously.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vladimir Putin Threatens \u2018Consequences Greater than Any of You Have Faced in History\u2019 if Outsiders Interfere in Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2QZHDxbA1n\">https:\/\/t.co\/2QZHDxbA1n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1496786984320200707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior British politician David Davis has called on the British government to \u201cneutralize\u201d Russian forces in Ukraine from the air, claiming that this would \u201creduce the risk of escalation\u201d. 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