Military Support Ukrainian Armed Forces 2023-11-20
2023-11-20
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The UK government has provided £2.3 billion of military support to Ukraine in the last year, leading NATO allies in this effort.
What steps is his Department taking to provide military support to the Ukrainian armed forces?
We continue to support Ukraine—we provided £2.3 billion of military support in the last year—and will go on doing so, because Putin must not win in Ukraine.
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The UK has led NATO allies in support of Ukraine since the start. However, challenges arise due to another war in the Middle East and potential wavering among European allies.
How are we going to maintain that lead in the face of another war in the middle east, a certain amount of disarray in the Congress and indeed some visible wavering among our European allies?
My right hon. Friend is right that the UK has led, and we must continue to do so. I have visited Ukraine twice this year, I hosted a Ukrainian family for a year in my own home, and the Government have set up the British-led international fund for Ukraine, which is on its way to delivering nearly £800 million of support. We have also been first with tanks, with ammunition, with long-range missiles and with permissions, and we intend to be first with this war going forward.
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The Secretary of State is expected to meet with the defence industry to maintain a high level of military support for Ukraine.
Has the Secretary of State had a chance, since he came into office, to meet with representatives of the defence industry to talk about how we maintain that level of military aid to Ukraine and, if he has had such a meeting, what was the outcome?
Yes, on several occasions, including in Kyiv and, more recently, last Thursday at the MOD, where I met with large, medium and small defence companies to discuss exactly that issue. There are a whole range of measures in place to increase the amount of arms, particularly arms replenishment, that can come through via UK companies.
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