Why Europe is on the verge of war as Putin threatens Ukraine - An in-dep...

Russia and Belarus started 10 days of joint military drills on Thursday amid ongoing fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has vowed Vladimir Putin's rule will end if Russia invades. The West calls for Russian troops to return to Russia after the joint drills are over in a show of good faith Russia isn't going to invade. France called the drills - believed to be Russia's biggest deployment to Belarus since the Cold War - a "violent gesture". Ukraine says they amount to "psychological pressure". Boris Johnson said on Thursday that Europe faces its biggest security crisis in decades. Russia has repeatedly denied any plans to invade Ukraine despite massing more than 100,000 troops at its borders. Low-level Russian power-plays over Ukraine have been ongoing since Russia invaded and annexed  Crimea 8 years ago. The Sun talked exclusively to geopolitical analyst and author on Russian politics and modern warfare, Mark Galeotti. He has published extensively on Russia and honed in on the impenetrable world leader, Putin himself. Galeotti’s latest book, The Weaponisation of Everything, covers contemporary conflict. Report by Valerie Browne