The UK government coordinated counter-CBRN measures in its security assistance to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, says senior MoD official.

The defense ministers of Europe’s five top military spenders say they intend to continue increasing their investments in defense but described President-elect Donald Trump’s challenge for them to raise spending to 5% of their overall economic output as extremely difficult.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has held further discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of Western troops deploying in Ukraine to safeguard any peace deal ending the nearly three-year war with Russia.

According to a news release from the Ministry of Defence, the meeting resulted in a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to Ukraine’s self-defence and enhancing European security. Minister for the Armed Forces, Luke Pollard, represented the UK at the discussions.

Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard reiterated the UK Government’s unwavering support for Ukraine. “We have laid out clearly that this Government will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes,” Pollard said.

The UK Government has reiterated its commitment to supporting Ukraine, detailing recent discussions with the United States on military aid.

Hundreds of army vehicles from the UK have been deployed to Romania as part of a Nato exercise. A total of 730 vehicles have been sent for the first deployment of Nato’s Allied Reaction Force. The vehicles left from ferries at the Sea Mounting Centre in Marchwood,

UKRAINE has stunned Vladimir Putin’s forces with a counter offensive in the Kursk region while Russia suffers “significant” troop losses – including North Korean soldiers.

Three killed in cross-border attacks as 1,700 of Kyiv’s troops desert army - Around 1,700 soldiers of a high-profile unit have reportedly deserted the army before deployment

From left: Luke Pollard, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of ... to discuss coordinating their defense plans and support for Ukraine, in the village of Helenow, near Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Jan ...

Luke Pollard, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Britain's Ministry of Defence, France's Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu,

Defence Ministers from Poland, Germany, France, Italy and the UK met in Warsaw on Monday to discuss European security matters in a new five-way format established in the wake of Donald Trump's US presidential election win.