France and Germany Could Be Doing More to Support Ukraine: UK Minister

France and Germany Could Be Doing More to Support Ukraine: UK Minister
Conservative Party chairman and minister without portfolio Oliver Dowden leaves after a Cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, on Nov. 16, 2021. Rob Pinney/Getty Images
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France and Germany could be doing more to help Ukraine defend itself against the Russian invasion, a UK minister has said.

Oliver Dowden, a minister without portfolio who also serves as chairman of the Conservative Party, told the BBC on Sunday that the West needs to “continue to tighten the ratchet on Russia” as Moscow appears to be determined to “keep on going and going.”