British troops should be deployed to Ukraine as part of any peace deal with Moscow, Jeremy Hunt has said.

The former foreign secretary said sending European troops to help police Ukraine’s border with Russia was the only way of achieving “sustainable peace” between the two countries.

He warned that Donald Trump would be unlikely to do the same with US troops given his continued reluctance to arm Ukraine.

Mr Hunt told LBC: “There is no way that Trump is going to send American troops to do that.

“I would suggest, in which case, the way to make that security guarantee for Ukraine credible will be for Britain, France, Germany and other European countries to send troops to secure that border.

“Is that something that we would be prepared to do? I think after a lot of thought, I would be prepared to do that.”