Lord David Cameron says the UK is "once again absolutely leading the way" on the international stage in its support for Ukraine. The foreign secretary is visiting Kyiv after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak committed to giving the country £3bn every year "for as long as is necessary", as Russia's invasion continues. Cameron adds that the reccent US Congress vote to approve a $61bn aid package to Ukraine "should be celebrated". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Well, the UK is once again absolutely leading the way in how we support Ukraine.
00:05The announcement by the Prime Minister that we will give £3 billion every year for as
00:10long as is necessary, and we've just really emptied all we can in terms of gifting equipment
00:16and the biggest amount of equipment we've been able to give so far, and some of that
00:20is arriving today.
00:22In terms of what the Ukrainians do, in our view it is their decision about how to use
00:27these weapons.
00:28They're defending their country, they were illegally invaded by Putin, and they must
00:33take those steps.
00:34We don't discuss any caveats that we put on those things, but let's be absolutely clear,
00:40Russia has launched an attack into Ukraine, and Ukraine absolutely has the right to strike
00:45back at Russia.
00:46Just as Russia is striking inside Ukraine, you can quite understand why Ukraine feels
00:52the need to make sure it's defending itself, it's getting the Russians out of its country,
00:57and it has the ability to strike back.
00:59First of all, we should celebrate the success of Congress releasing that £60 billion funding
01:05package for Ukraine.
01:06It's absolutely crucial, not just in terms of the weapons it will bring, but also the
01:10boost to morale that it will bring to people here in Ukraine, knowing that the United States
01:16is right behind them and backing them militarily, economically, diplomatically, just as we are
01:21in the United Kingdom.