West must continue supporting Ukraine or else it 'risks coming generation's security

The West must continue to support Ukraine in its war with Russia or else it risks losing "our coming generation's security", Estonia's foreign minister Urmas Reinsalu has said.

In an interview with the Kyiv Independent, Mr Reinsalu said holding back on weapons for Ukraine would be the same as "co-signing a decision for Ukraine to lose on the ground".

He went on to say that if the West were to surrender to Russia it would be complicit in "giving up the future of Ukraine."

He said: "If we give up, the world will first lose Ukraine and our dignity, and afterward, we will also lose ourselves – at least our security or our coming generation's security.

"I'm sure that all the countries are interested in peace, particularly those countries who are neighbouring Russia, but false peace is just a prelude to new wars.

"History taught us this."