Truss: UK is making sure it has armed forces ‘ready’
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the UK is “making sure” it has an efficient armed forces “to be ready” as well as train allies, when asked if the military has the capability of fighting with allies to defeat Russia in battle.
Labour MP Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) said: “The new head of the Army was very clear this week when he said that the UK must be capable of fighting alongside our allies and defeating Russia in battle.
“So does the Foreign Secretary believe that our defence capability, which is a key arm of UK foreign policy, has all the resources it needs in order to do that?”
Ms Truss said: “It is very true that we face a much more insecure Europe, and a much more insecure world.
“And it is right that we are increasing defence spending, we are increasing our capabilities, particularly in areas like cyber, but we’re also making sure that we have a fully trained and efficient armed services, not just to be ready, but also to make sure that we are training up Ukrainians for example, and helping our allies particularly in the eastern flank who face that direct threat from Russia.”
