Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP: "We stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine & pursuing every option to support them in their defence against President Putin's unprovoked & illegal invasion. I'm so pleased that so many nations are coming forward with humanitarian & military aid
The UK has offered to conduct "logistics operations" to support the delivery to the Ukrainian armed forces of much-needed military aid, such as ammunition and anti-tank weapons, that is donated by other countries, a @DefenceHQ source says
British Armed Forces Minister: The Russians have not achieved their goals and Putin and those around him will be concerned
Armed Forces Minister James Heappey says there are only "isolated pockets" of Russian troops in Kyiv - which is a testament to the resistance shown by Ukrainian forces
1 year agoBritish Defense: We can confirm the following developments in Ukraine
UK to sanction over 100 individuals, entities and subsidiaries- Reuters
1 year agoBritain summons Russia's ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, "Russia's unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine"
1 year agoBoris Johnson has released a message to the nation in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine "Our worst fears have come true and all our warnings have proved tragically accurate," he said
Boris Johnson:This is a catastrophe for our continent. I will make an address to the nation this morning on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I will also speak to fellow G7 leaders and I am calling for an urgent meeting of all NATO leaders as soon as possible
The Prime Minister Johnson is chairing a emergency COBR meeting to decide the UK's response to the "horrific attacks" by Russia
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is "appalled by the horrific events in Ukraine" and "President Putin has chosen a path of bloodshed and destruction by launching this unprovoked attack"
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has asked regulator Ofcom to review the operation of the Russia Today news channel, Boris Johnson has told the Commons
British Prime Minister: We will provide more military support to Ukraine soon
Liz Truss tells Today prog "highly likely there will be a full scale invasion" of Ukraine. Says UK will cont to support it in its "hour of need". Dodges question of supplying more military assistance
Emergency services respond to plane crash in Wiltshire – five fire engines on scene
Downing Street readout of Boris Johnson's call with French President Emmanuel Macron this afternoon. A Downing Street spokeswoman said: "The Prime Minister spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron this afternoon about the chilling developments in Ukraine last night"
1 year agoForeign Secretary Liz Truss: The G7 Foreign Ministers strongly condemn Russia's violation of their international commitments. We agreed a strong package of coordinated escalatory sanctions in response. Our support is unwavering for the territorial integrity of Ukraine
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said Britain would sanction five Russian banks and three high net worth individuals including Gennady Timchenko
Johnson: We will immediately impose a package of sanctions targeting Russian economic interests
Sajid Javid tells @skynews this morning the "invasion of Ukraine has begun" as the PM chairs an emergency COBR meeting to authorise a package of sanctions on Russia. Health Sec says PM will make statement to parliament later
UK Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP says he fears Russian President Putin is setting himself "on a tragic course of events - humanitarian crises, instability and widespread suffering" for Ukraine & Russia should he invade his neighbour - speaking to UK @HouseofCommons
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace will give a statement on Ukraine to the Commons at 3.30pm
[email protected] is currently chairing a Cobra on Ukraine. The PM himself was given a detailed briefing on Ukraine earlier
"I'm afraid to say, that the plan that we're seeing, is for something that could be really the biggest war in Europe since 1945," UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an interview on Sunday with the BBC in Munich
Ben Wallace is no longer going to Munich Security Conference. He thinks it is important he remains in the UK where is continuing to be briefed on Ukraine
1 year agoPresident Zelensky met with PM @BorisJohnson in Munich
1 year agoUK says it believes Russia's GRU military intelligence agency was involved in a major cyber attack on Ukraine this week that hit defence ministry website & 2 banks in what Kyiv said was biggest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in Ukraine history. @FCDOGovUK statement
Strong storm disrupts landing of planes at Heathrow Airport in London
1 year agoThe Times: British government officials said the situation had changed in the last 24 hours, and that Putin had made the decision to invade Ukraine
Ukraine, the UK and Poland announce a creation of a trilateral alliance during the UK foreign secretary @trussliz visit to Kyiv. Countries will cooperate in the areas of defense, economy, trade and countering disinformation
