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I don't think the size of our Army is large enough to do that with everything else that it's doing currently
But Sir Richard told the i Paper 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
Col Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, added We haven’t had the inauguration yet so let’s see what the decisions are when we get to that stage,
Yes, I think collectively we do need to do more. I think that is recognized across Europe.”
Asked if Trump’s return meant Europe would need to deliver much more for Ukraine, Starmer said 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,
We spoke about Ukraine on the phone in the call we had before Christmas,
I don’t want to get ahead of discussions about precise roles, but we will play our full part,
If there are to be security guarantees of some sort the UK will play its part.”
It’s important that if we get to that stage, that the guarantees are capable of, and effective in, guaranteeing an enduring peace, not a pause.”
The history of the 21st century is being written today.”
Asked if he feared Mr Trump could walk away from Ukraine, he warned There should be an irreversible path to membership and that’s our position and I will continue to uphold our position.”
There are challenges over what we could support, what we would want to support, and the broader question about the threat to troops and whether it would be seen as escalatory.
A senior Whitehall source told The Telegraph The UK is taking a leading role in supporting Ukraine, which is why the Prime Minister committed £3 billion a year of military support for Ukraine for as long as it takes
A UK government spokesperson said
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