British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has left a family holiday in Europe early, as he said it is “highly likely” Russia will launch an attack on Ukraine despite the ongoing diplomatic efforts to avert war. Wallace said on Twitter on Sunday morning that he was returning from a planned long weekend abroad in Europe with his wife and children “because we are concerned about the worsening situation in Ukraine.” He only started his holiday a day earlier, having arrived back in the UK from Moscow in the early hours of Saturday. Senior British officials including then foreign secretary Dominic Raab were heavily criticised last August for going on holiday when the Taliban took over Afghan capital Kabul. Raab later said he regretted not returning from his holiday. He was demoted to justice secretary in a Cabinet reshuffle a month later. An estimated 130,000 Russian troops have been massed along Ukraine’s …
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