Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance the Government has provided to Ukraine to respond to recent Russian aggression.

Defence has a longstanding relationship with our Ukrainian counterparts and continue to provide support in many areas including security assistance and defence reform. Since 2015, the UK has helped build the resilience and capacity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine through Operation ORBITAL which has trained around 22,000 Ukrainian troops.

Of course, we have significant concerns about Russia's aggressive pattern of military build-ups on Ukraine's border and in illegally-annexed Crimea. The UK and our Allies do not seek to be adversarial to Russia, and will ensure that our activity, alongside Allies and Partners, is calibrated. We remain clear that Russia's threatening and destabilising behaviour is unacceptable and will have costs. We continue to monitor events on the ground closely.