Europe needs to ‘step up’ – Shapps

British Defense Minister Grant Shapps believes that Europe should “step up” and provide Ukraine with more funds so that it can withstand the confrontation with the aggressor. He said this on Sunday, January 21, on the BBC with Laura Künsberg, writes The Guardian.

“Europe must step up and do its part to ensure that Ukraine can continue to defend itself,” he said.

At the same time, the British Defense Minister noted that his country remains among the allies that actively support Kyiv in the fight against the Kremlin.

“Britain, again, as in other things, is leading a package of 2.5 billion pounds sterling and a security agreement, a cooperation agreement with President Zelensky and Ukraine. contribution to ensure that Ukraine can continue to defend himself,” he said.

Shapps later added that the UK had increased its support for Ukraine to a record level while opposing the Houthis: “In less than 24 hours, the United Kingdom has taken action against the Houthis and increased its support for Ukraine at a record level. In doing so, we have dashed the hopes of tyrants like Putin who naively believe we can be distracted by multiple crises. The UK can and will act where we need it. “

In less than 24 hours, the UK took action against the Houthis and raised our support for Ukraine to record levels.

In doing so, we dashed the hopes of tyrants like Putin, who naively believed we could be distracted by multiple crises.

The UK can and will act wherever we are needed. pic.twitter.com/UYMhE5kRSx

— Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) January 20, 2024

We remind you that on January 12, Ukraine and Great Britain signed a security agreement. This agreement is the first of the security agreements that implement the agreements reached during the Vilnius NATO summit between Ukraine, G7 members and their affiliated states.