The UK’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has backed the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’ stance on Ukraine - saying that Russia need to be pushed out of the ‘whole of Ukraine’. 

So if what has happened so far doesn’t go far enough, how far are is the UK willing to go? 

Kieran was joined on The Hard Shoulder by Paul Johnston, the UK Ambassador to Ireland...

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