Ukrainians are paying ultimate price for the defence of democratic Europe. We must support them – Angus Robertson

For months, the Ukrainian defenders of Bakhmut have been resisting the full force of the Russian invaders. Waves of Wagner mercenaries and regular Kremlin forces have advanced at immense cost into the meat grinder of urban warfare and failed in their aim of its capture before Moscow’s Victory Day parade on May 9. Instead of Putin being able to announce victory in Bakhmut, he had to preside over an embarrassing Kremlin parade featuring precisely one tank. It was a metaphor for Russian failings in