UK safe and Ukraine war

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin has just stepped down from being Chief of the Defence Staff.

In his exit interview, on BBC Radio 4's Political Thinking podcast, he said the UK was safe "for now and for a few years".

He claimed that Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine had been "a disaster for Russia".

You can watch the interview on BBC iPlayer or listen to an extended version on BBC Sounds.

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