'The EU is planning to train up to 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the next two years'

The Times the day before yesterday: 'The EU is planning to train up to 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers on European soil in the next two years with operational headquarters in Germany and Poland.' I find this extremely depressing and alarming but we see how wars start and expand. I must reread AJP Taylor. Why is no-one apart from Donald Trump calling for a ceasefire and negotiations?

Instead Liz Truss and her Secretary of State for Defence want to increase defence spending. Why?

How can the UK possibly afford it and Carbon Zero?