Liz Truss Vows To Match Ukraine Military Support As Politics Returns

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The Prime Minister pledged the UK will match or exceed the record support given to Volodymyr Zelensky’s “inspirational” troops. Truss announced the support as she prepared to fly to New York, where she will use a United Nations summit in the US to rally support in helping Ukraine fight Russia.

Liz Truss is committing to spend at least £2.3 billion next year on military aid to help Ukraine fend off Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

Ms Truss will pledge military aid worth billions during a trip to meet world leaders in New York this week.

She will use a speech to the UN General Assembly to rally support for Ukraine.

The trip comes at a time of global economic turmoil driven by soaring energy prices and the Ukraine war.

The UK has been one of the leading donors of military aid to Ukraine, committing £2.3bn since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded the country in February.

A hectic week of diplomacy and policy announcements lies ahead for Ms Truss and her government after a period of national mourning for the late Queen ended.

Political activity and government business were paused until after the Queen’s funeral, which was attended by Ms Truss, alongside other politicians, foreign dignitaries and members of the Royal Family.

As politics resumes in the UK, Ms Truss will travel to the United States for her first foreign trip as prime minister.

Her busy agenda will include a series of meetings with world leaders, including US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron, and her first big speech as prime minister on the international stage at the UN General Assembly in New York.

She was expected to meet Mr Biden on Wednesday at the assembly after a planned meeting with him before the Queen’s funeral was postponed.

Prepare for the roaring return of politics.

Families, businesses, the country face grave threats: soaring prices, crippling fuel costs, the prospect of recession.

But, with the funeral now over, the arguments resume – and the demands for action will be loud.

The prime minister is already on her first foreign trip in the job.

It will mean the returning political conversation will have a diplomatic air – in its opening few hours at least – rather than an immediately intense domestic scrappiness.

But that will be back before you know it.

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