Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Declaration of Intent between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, The French Republic and Ukraine relating to the deployment of multinational forces in support of the defence, reconstruction and strategic sustainability of Ukraine, if he will outline how the UK armed forces will integrate command and control systems for the proposed Multinational Force in Ukraine.

The Multinational Force Ukraine (MNFU) has established a 3-star multinational operational headquarters in Paris, led by the UK and France.

The operational headquarters oversees all tactical and operational arrangements. Plans have also been established for a future coordination cell in Kyiv which will be set up when the force deploys. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will conduct coordination with the MNFU joint operations staff.

Planning continues at pace, but we will not be drawn into further details of any future UK Armed Forces deployment, including its control and command systems, due to the risk to operational security.