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The UK, in keeping with many other nations, has essentially become very skilled and ready to conduct military operations
Speaking to Politico's Power Play podcast after signing a defence agreement with Germany, Healey said Maga is all about America first. Leadership is not about being first. It's about being generous and bringing people with you
The last time that Britain spent 2.5 per cent of its GDP on defence, was under the last Labour government. The next time that we'll spend that level of spending will be under this Labour government.”
But speaking on Friday, technology secretary Peter Kyle defended the government’s target, telling Sky News If the SDR doesn’t come up with 3 per cent as the initial answer and 5 per cent as the target, we will suffer the wrath of Trump
Former military intelligence officer Philip Ingram said UK defence spending has to rise
Tory defence spokesman Mark Francois said Some of the defence chiefs have been expressing this, that we must be ready to fight a war with Russia if necessary, in order to be able to deter Russia, and if we are to be in any position to guarantee the security of an independent and sovereign Ukraine, after whatever is agreed between President Trump and President Putin.
Fellow Conservative Sir Bernard Jenkin said Trump is the first president to surrender to America's arch enemy
Danish conservative MP Rasmus Jarlov also criticised the President on X, writing Certainly, all issues related to security on the European continent, especially in those aspects that concern our country, the Russian Federation, should be discussed comprehensively, and we
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize but all he is doing is signalling weakness
Defence analyst and historian Paul Beaver has also warned issued a warning about appeasing Putin, telling the Sun We are ready to enhance our support for Ukraine
The so-called Weimar+ statement by the UK, France, Germany and other allies stated I tell you they're drinking vodka straight out of the bottle in the Kremlin tonight,
Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton told CNN People didn't really know what President Putin's thoughts were
Describing his call with Putin, Trump said Will the Government impress on President Trump at every possible opportunity that the reason why appeasement led to World War Two was that it left a vacuum in Europe?
Nobody wants the conflict to continue... but we must make sure Ukraine is at
Everyone accepts that we need to spend more on defence
Ahead of a meeting in Brussels today he old Sky News I think President Putin wants peace and President Zelensky wants peace and I want peace,
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Putin is not preparing for peace
Trump's call with the Russian president came just hours after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned We've seen the calls from President Trump overnight and we all want to see a durable peace and no return to conflict and aggression – and let's not forget, Russia remains a threat well beyond Ukraine
We want to end that war – that war is a disaster.
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