British, French and German soldiers have been told they face defeat and death from Russia if they are sent as "peacekeepers” to end the war in Ukraine . One leading Putin politician mocked Sir Keir Starmer for seeking to be a “cool British prime minister” by sending troops, warning: “It has been a long time since we fertilised the Crimean vineyards with [the corpses of] British officers. We are waiting, Starmer, the time has come.” And a prominent Russian army general told President Emmanuel