Invasion of Ukraine Would Be a ‘Massive Strategic Mistake’: UK Foreign Secretary Warns

L: Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting in Moscow on Jan. 19, 2022. (Pavel Bednyakov/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images) R: British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss at Admiralty House in Sydney on Jan. 21, 2022. Bianca De Marchi-Pool/Getty Images

An invasion of Ukraine will drag Russia into a drawn-out “quagmire,” the UK’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned on Friday as Western countries crank up coordinated pressure on President Vladimir Putin.

Russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops on its border with Ukraine, and Western states fear Moscow is planning a new assault on the country it invaded in 2014.