The war in Ukraine may last a “very long time” and the UK must be prepared for that, a British defence minister has said.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans Leo Docherty made the comment in the House of Commons on May 11 after Conservative MP James Sunderland asked him about “policy resilience.”
Sunderland asked the minister how long the UK’s current level of support for Ukraine will continue “if the conflict goes from months into years, becomes an attritional campaign.”
Docherty replied: “We have all been clear that our support to Ukraine is something I expect to last many years. We have had a very close defence relationship since 2014.”
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