Sir Keir Starmer has warned Vladimir Putin he will face “severe consequences” if he breaches any ceasefire deal.The UK prime minister issued the warning in response to a question about whether UK troops could be drawn into Russia’s war in Ukraine as he attended a meeting of defence chiefs from 31 allied countries aimed at drawing up military plans to enforce a peace deal.

But it is vitally important that we do that work because we know one thing for certain, which is a deal without anything behind it, is something that Putin will breach. We know that because it's happened before,