Lord David Cameron has warned the UN about the consequences of withdrawing support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.
The foreign secretary was speaking to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on the eve of the second anniversary of the invasion.
It comes as Ukraine faces acute shortages of ammunition, with European countries struggling to find enough stocks to send to Kyiv, and American military aid worth $60bn (£47bn) stalled over political differences in Congress.
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Lord Cameron said: “Two years on, I recognise some want to rethink. There is a sense of fatigue, there are other problems, a compromise might seem attractive.
“But this is wrong.
“We must recognise the cost of giving up.
“Putin has said there will be no peace until Russia‘s goals are achieved, and in his recent interview, he studiously avoided confirming he was satisfied with the land seized from Ukraine at present.
“This is not a man seeking compromise – rather, this is a neo-imperialist bully who believes that might is right.”
He added that, if Putin were to “eke out some kind of win, the rest of the world would suffer too”.
Lord Cameron was asked by Sky US correspondent Mark Stone about how he plans to convince American politicians to support Ukraine.
Lord Cameron said that “history teaches us that when we don’t involved and help defend a country against a dictator’s invasions, when we eventually get involved, the price that is paid in money, and the price that is paid ultimately in American lives is greater”.
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