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We are opening a new joint program office in Bristol to deliver our £4 billion partnership to deliver the next generation of air defence system to Poland,
I think it’s absolutely clear that the US is vital to the defence of Ukraine.”
I stood on those railway tracks, looked at the shoes, the suitcases piled high, the hair, the teeth, taken from those murdered by the Nazis. I will not forget what I saw today. And I’ll never forget my responsibility to pass this on to the next generation, to remember, to learn and to respect our solemn province: never again.”
Speaking later in Warsaw, he explained the impact the visit to the site of the Nazi death camp had on him As two of Europe’s biggest military powers and with our troops serving together, guarding the eastern flank, we share an unbreakable commitment to Nato, and an unbreakable commitment to Ukraine,
We will work with you and all of our allies on steps that would be robust enough to guarantee Ukraine’s security,
I think this will have a galvanising effect and I think this is probably what the UK is also trying to do,
The United Kingdom has many bilateral deals with lots of different countries, but very few things that are this longstanding. This is clearly designed to send a really strong signal. I suppose it’s designed to send a strong signal because we’re in quite a weak position,
This is not just about the here and now, it is also about an investment in our two countries for the next century, bringing together technology development, scientific advances and cultural exchanges, and harnessing the phenomenal innovation shown by Ukraine in recent years for generations to come,
There will have to be concessions made by the Russian Federation but also by the Ukrainians,
he told the Senate foreign relations committee The one hundred-year partnership agreement with the UK can definitely be replicated with other countries, further developing our partnerships,
He’s utterly unpredictable … all of this is happening now because of Trump, and so I think that, while it’s difficult to understand what he’ll do, [it’s] going to be a real game changer,
We have such a small Army, we’ve taken so much risk with defence that if we did this, we would be able to do nothing else”.
The UK and Poland are longstanding allies and our co-operation stretches back for generations
Ahead of the visit, Sir Keir said North Korean forces will likely continue to suffer a larger ratio of wounded to killed in action – as is typical for armed conflict – and it is unclear if or when injured North Korean soldiers return to combat,
The entirety of this North Korean contingent in Kursk oblast may be killed or wounded in roughly 12 weeks (about mid-April 2025) should North Korean forces continue to suffer similarly high casualty rates in the future,
the ISW said in its latest war assessment We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, for this year or the next, but for 100 years – long after this terrible war is over and Ukraine is free and thriving once again,
Starmer told Zelensky during a visit to Kyiv, promising that Putin’s ambition to wrench Ukraine away from its closest partners has been a monumental strategic failure,
Starmer said in a statement We must look at how this war could end, the practical ways to get a just and lasting peace … that guarantees your security, your independence and your right to choose your own future,
Starmer said at a joint news conference Those conversations will continue for many months ahead,
We don’t accept the argument that there’s a binary choice between a reset with the EU and a deal with the U.S., and obviously the time for those decisions will be in the weeks and months to come,