ormer Tory management contender Tom Tugendhat has disclosed he’s in Kyiv as Ukraine marks 31 years because it declared independence from the Soviet Union.
“Right here in Kyiv we’re in shelters after being woken by the air raid siren,” the Commons Overseas Affairs Committee chairman tweeted in response to a publish by British journalist John Sweeney.
Mr Tugendhat earlier mentioned he was within the metropolis together with 30 representatives from throughout Europe “to indicate our help for Ukraine and stand in opposition to Putin’s unlawful invasion”.
“The place the communists as soon as paraded, now the Kremlin’s callous failure is on show,” he added.
On Wednesday, Ukraine celebrates 31 years because it declared independence from the Soviet Union, whereas it is usually six months since Russia’s invasion started.
The Tonbridge and Malling MP has been an outspoken critic of the offensive, calling it a “crime in opposition to peace” not lengthy after it started.
Mr Tugendhat made it to the third spherical of the race to succeed Boris Johnson earlier than being bundled out final month.
Counting on his file within the Military and his profession as a backbencher chairing the overseas affairs physique, Mr Tugendhat supplied himself as a candidate untarnished by the scandals that dogged Mr Johnson and his Authorities.
After leaving the race he pledged his help to frontrunner Liz Truss, who gained him over with a tax pledge Mr Tugendhat described as being “based on true Conservative ideas”.
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