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Ben Wallace said Russian forces would use indiscriminate bombardments and siege tactics against Ukrainian cities.

Ben Wallace suggested the Prime Minister would push the issue with Nato allies on Friday.

In unguarded comments, Ben Wallace said the Scots Guards had ‘kicked the backside’ of a Russian leader in the Crimean War and ‘we can do it again’.

The Defence Secretary said Russia would be making a ‘strategic mistake’ if Vladimir Putin launched an invasion.

The Defence Secretary said Russia had significant forces in place to mount an invasion and he had not seen evidence of a withdrawal.

He compared diplomatic efforts to appeasement, saying there is a ‘whiff of Munich in the air’.

The Defence Secretary was returning early from a family holiday on Sunday in light of the ‘worsening situation in Ukraine’.

Following talks in Moscow, the Defence Secretary said Russian assurances they were not planning an attack would be judged ‘by the evidence’.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned that it would be a “foolish mistake” for Russia to invade Ukraine.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has also invited his Russian counterpart for talks in London.