Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Ministry of Defence on the availability of (a) RAF Voyager and (b) other airlift capacity for contingency evacuation operations of UK nationals, residents, or visa holders resident in Ukraine.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is in continuous contact with Partners Across Government, including the Ministry of Defence about contingency plans. The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office updated its travel advice to Ukraine on 11 February, and is now advising British nationals against all travel to Ukraine and that British nationals currently in Ukraine should leave now while commercial means are still available. The Embassy remains open but will be unable to provide in-person consular assistance. British nationals should leave while commercial options remain.

Any Russian military action in Ukraine would severely affect the British Embassy Kyiv's, and the office in Lviv's, ability to provide any consular assistance. Travel advice is regularly reviewed.