Britain and Spain oppose lethal military assistance to Ukraine

‘The United Kingdom and Spain have expressed opposition to the provision of lethal military aid to Ukraine, highlighting that the settlement of hostilities between pro-Russia forces and the Ukrainian military has to come through dialogue.

“We do not believe that at the moment it would be helpful to provide lethal support to the Ukrainian armed forces,” British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said at a news conference with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo in Madrid on Thursday.

He added, “But we reserve the right to keep that position under review. We are clear that we cannot afford to allow the Ukrainian armed forces to collapse, though I think they are long way from that position at the moment.”’

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