11 October 2022
Jonathan Djanogly questions Government on anti-missile support for Ukraine

Following Putin's missile attacks on civilian areas in Ukraine, Jonathan Djanogly asks if the UK Government is considering providing anti-missile support.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon) (Con)

As Russia loses on the battlefield, it seems to be engaging in retribution through missile attacks on civilian areas. When the all-party parliamentary group on Ukraine recently went to Kyiv, the Defence Minister said to us that if refugees are to be encouraged to move back to Ukraine and internally displaced persons are to be encouraged to move back to reoccupied areas, defence against missile attack will become essential. Other countries are looking at that seriously and providing anti-missile support. Will we do so as well?

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Alec Shelbrooke)

Indeed, and we are already supplying levels of air support. What I said earlier remains relevant: we will continue to work with the Ukrainians to try to deliver what they need to defend their country. We are already supplying air defence systems.

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