Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Integrated Review 2021, what specific steps his Department is taking to increase Ukraine's resilience to state threats.

The UK remains steadfast in its support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. In FY 2020-21 we will spend over £40m across a range of activities aimed at strengthening Ukraine's resilience against hostile state actors, including conflict stabilisation, security and defence, economic development and governance reforms. Specific activities include:

• Defensive, non-escalatory military training delivered through Operation ORBITAL, which has now trained over 20,000 troops and has been expanded to incorporate maritime and air capacity building. As part of this, the UK is coordinating and leading allied contributions to develop Ukraine's Navy in a multinational Maritime Training Initiative (MTI) which commenced in September 2020.
• Secondment of a large number of UK personnel to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission, including one of the Deputy Chief Monitors.
• A broad range of support aimed at strengthening Ukraine's ability to counter the de-stabilising effects of disinformation, as well as develop independent media and media literacy.