Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to (a) identify, (b) procure and (c) supply additional military aid for Ukraine.

The UK liaises closely with the Ukrainian Government to understand their military needs, as the conflict continues to evolve.

The UK uses a wide range of sourcing mechanisms to procure the military equipment that Ukraine most requires. This includes our own acquisition systems and international mechanisms, such as the UK-administered International Fund for Ukraine, which uses financial contributions from international partners to procure priority equipment for Ukraine. We supply this through a range of national and international, military and civilian supply routes with and through the International Donor Coordination Centre.

Our objective is to catalyse international support to meet the scale of the challenge being faced by Ukraine and the Defence Secretary recently announced that in addition to our co-lead of the Maritime Capability Coalition the UK will, with Latvia, co-lead a major drone capability coalition for Ukraine. We have also brought together 15 nations to sign an agreement on two multinational procurement initiatives covering munitions and missiles.