West in ‘denial’ about Vladimir Putin who is ‘now more powerful than Stalin’, says ex-defence minister

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Former defence minister Tobias Ellwood has said the West is in "denial" about Vladimir Putin, who "is now more powerful than Stalin". The senior Tory MP said he agreed with his colleague James Heappey that the UK should consider sending troops to Ukraine to give training to the armed forces in their war against Russia. Mr Ellwood said the UK had "done well to support Ukraine" but what's happening is "very worrying". Politics Live: PM vows to secure high-paid jobs for veterans "No one doubts that the world's feeling ever more dangerous, but we dare not contemplate where history is...