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HANSARDUkraine UpdateOn the latter, I cannot really comment on those operational issues. All I will say is that Britain and Ukraine had a long-held cyber relationship many years before the invasion…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy hon. Friend makes a good point. This is really about bilateral enabling rather than NATO, as an organisation, but he is right. In fact, the Ukrainians are after ground attack…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateThe first lesson, “Don’t take Russia at its word; take it on its action”, is the most important lesson for many in the international community. We gave up on that a long time ago,…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateWe have given, I think, more than £100 million in aid, but I will write to the hon. Gentleman with details about the IMF fund. He is right that we need to focus on that as much as…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateThere are some that have an appetite; there are not many. Some of the equipment is quite old—a lot of the MiG-29s in the east come from the fall of the Berlin wall, so hon.…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateOn medical supplies, my right hon. Friend the Health and Social Care Secretary has provided significant amounts of health stocks, but I am happy to look at that further for the…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. We spoke last week about the timing of this statement, which I had hoped to make tomorrow, but the United States has called a 40-nation…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy right hon. Friend is a doughty campaigner for spending 3% and I consider him my long-range artillery when it comes to the lobbying in the long term, whatever we see as a result…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy right hon. Friend probably served in northern Germany, like me, where permanent presence was used as one of the most important deterrents to the then Soviet Union. We were not…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateIt is definitely a valid suggestion. If we were to fast-forward to a frozen conflict in which 80% of Ukraine was still sovereign, it would be entirely up to Ukraine to decide who…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateThe right hon. Gentleman asks an important question. Yes, to date we have gifted in aid £200 million to Ukraine, which we propose will grow to £500 million, and the Treasury has…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateThe hon. Gentleman will be relieved to know that there is no such risk. The P2000 patrol boats were not going anywhere other than UK shores. Nor indeed were inshore vehicles, or…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateOn the Harpoon missiles, we are not currently providing them. Our Harpoon missiles are launched from ships, and very few nations launch Harpoon missiles from land—I do not think…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateMy right hon. Friend has put his finger right on the heart of the current race. The race is on to equip the Ukrainians with the same long-range capabilities that Russia has, so…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateWhen NATO says, “NATO deployment”, what it is referring to is NATO deployment. It is perfectly possible around the world for Britain, France and others to deploy unilaterally. We…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateThere can be no return to normality for President Putin and his inner circle. What they have done, despite international warnings from presidents and prime ministers who endlessly…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateIt is 61 days since Russia invaded Ukraine, and 74 days since my Russian counterpart assured me that the Russian army would not be invading. As the invasion approaches its ninth…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateIf I am not mistaken, the IAEA’s relationship is with the Foreign Office and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. However, I will happily find out the…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateI understand the furrow that the hon. Gentleman is trying to plough, and I will send him a letter. I do not think any of the spending is being counted in that way, from what I can…25 Apr 2022HANSARDUkraine UpdateThere are two parts to that. The first is the need for some form of commission or get-together to plan Ukraine’s long-term defence, its posture and how it will equip itself,…25 Apr 2022