“My position since the outbreak of this conflict has been a united position across the House of supporting Ukraine, and I was able to reiterate my position which is we must put Ukraine in the strongest possible position, and that matters now just as much as it mattered at the beginning of this conflict, the strongest possible position.
Britain must put Ukraine in “the strongest possible position”, Sir Keir Starmer reiterated as the US appeared to rule out sending US troops to peacekeep any ceasefire at a major summit convened by the UK.
Meanwhile, Mr Healey’s US counterpart Pete Hegseth indicated that Washington is intent on getting Europe to take on most of the financial and military burden of defending Ukraine, including a possible peacekeeping force that would not include US soldiers.
Mr Healey joined more than 50 defence allies and partners from across the world at Nato’s headquarters in the Belgian capital on Wednesday, where he chaired the 26th Ukraine Defence Contact Group summit.
Opening the meeting, the Defence Secretary announced a package of £150 million worth of battle tanks, drones and armoured vehicles and air defence systems as part of the UK’s £3 billion annual pledge to Ukraine.
