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I think you've seen, again, from day one, that we've continuously adjusted and adapted based on battlefield conditions, based on what Russia was doing in a given place, by given means,
Has the time come to allow Ukraine the freedom to use the long-range missiles you're supplying them to hit targets deep in Russia, and if not, why not?"
Blinken was asked at the press briefing So all I can tell you is we'll be listening intently to our Ukrainian partners. We'll both be reporting back to the prime minister [Keir Starmer], to President Biden, in the coming days, and I fully anticipate this is something they will take up when they meet on Friday,
It's so important that, when we're making these decisions, we factor in a number of critical elements. It's not just the system itself that counts. You have to ask, can the Ukrainians effectively use it? Sometimes, that requires significant training, which we've done. Do they have the ability to maintain it? Again, this is something that we've worked on. Is it part of an effective strategy? All these are questions that we're continuously asking ourselves,
One of the purposes of the trip that we'll be taking together is to hear directly from the Ukrainian leadership, including President Volodymyr Zelensky, about exactly how the Ukrainians see their needs, in this moment, to what objectives, and what we can do to support those needs,
(We ... We are) completely aligned on the need to tackle Iran's malign activity in the region and beyond,
Lammy told reporters beside Blinken, who is visiting Britain Together we are re-energising our economic partnership, working together to tackle insecurity abroad and facing the future in unity and confidence,
In a more volatile and insecure world, it is even more important that we are highly aligned nations,
Lammy said in a statement ahead of the meeting We know that many attacks are launched from Russia itself. And yet, with the exception of our giving permission to allow UK missiles to strike Crimea, we have remained cautious about allowing our Ukrainian allies to target the source of these attacks,