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HANSARD Ukraine UpdateIf Putin attacks Sweden and Finland, the Russians will antagonise Sweden and Finland; I do not think they will antagonise themselves. If Russia chooses to lash out at Sweden and…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateFirst and foremost, 2030 is the key point, because we have to pass through 2.5% to get to 3%. The reality is that we need to make sure that the rise to 3% is done sustainably. I…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateNon-lethal military aid is collected and corralled in the same place as military aid: through the international donor cell based in Germany—a multinational cell staffed…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateWith permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a statement on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. We are now 239 days into the operation that President Putin planned to conclude…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateI am grateful to the shadow Minister for his questions. To assure the House, I did not choose to make my statement when my counterpart on the Opposition Front Bench, the right…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateOne of the allies with which I discussed this incident was Turkey, at the time when it happened. I have a good and close relationship with the Turkish Government, and I will be…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateThat last point is extremely important. The Department of Health and Social Care has already done significant work in securing medical supplies during the conflict, but the hon.…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateWhen it comes to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the chemical weapons convention which all of us, including what are viewed as some of the key anchor…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for what he has said. When the war crimes in Bucha and not far outside Kyiv were exposed, a group of us—including the United Kingdom,…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateMy hon. Friend makes a point about one of the consequences of a hollowed-out armed forces. Those who save money in the areas no one notices—such as hollowing out ammunition…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateYes. I understand—and the hon. Gentleman, from the part of the world in which he lives, will also understand—the cost of standing up for freedom, the rule of law and doing the…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateThere are two parts to the training. First, can Ukraine release enough training population? It obviously needs people for it to carry out the fight—we can only train what we get.…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateWe do not hide from the fact that Russian military doctrine involves the use of tactical nuclear weapons under certain conditions—that is public knowledge. The conditions are not…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateYes, I saw those statements by the President of Belarus. He has been remarkably canny in not entering his own forces into the war, although we have often seen Russian munitions…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateAll of us have come together more times in the last six months than we probably have in the last four years, and I have said that I am off to the US airbase at Ramstein on…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateThe hon. Gentleman is right. Actually, to be honest, the writing was on the wall for many of us in 2008. I remember his experience as a member of the all-party group. On our…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateThe size of the Army currently stands at about 79,000. There has not yet been a reduction from the 82,000 as such. In fact, I think it is higher than when I first started as…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateThere are two parts to that. Obviously, we do our best to make sure that the people of Russia understand what is going on, and I would be delighted to arrange a briefing for the…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateMy hon. Friend is right to observe the unique, often global, expertise of our mine-clearing capabilities. We have Ukrainians being trained in that right now in Portsmouth, and at…05 Sept 2022HANSARD Ukraine UpdateThis is a personal view. Do I think Russia cares? Not really. I do not think it cares about anything that it is seeking to capture. It has destroyed Mariupol and killed and…05 Sept 2022