Boris Johnson says he will still be prime minister in October as Partygate overshadows India trip – as it happened

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Evening summary

Here’s a summary of the day’s major events:

• Boris Johnson insisted he would still be prime minister when the time arrives to make good on his promise to deliver a trade agreement with India. Johnson is facing a deepening crisis as MPs vote for a parliamentary investigation into his conduct and some of his own party colleagues have joined opponents in calling for him to resign. But he claimed to be confident of still being in office by Diwali; when he has said he expects a deal to have been struck.
• The UK will reopen its embassy in Kyiv, the prime minister said. Johnson denounced the “barbarism” being perpetrated by Putin’s forces and said the UK will be “sending more artillery” – as well as reopening the embassy.
• A Russian military victory in Ukraine is a real possibility, Johnson said, but added Putin would never conquer the spirit of the Ukrainian people. During his visit to India, the PM said:

Putin has a huge army. [But] he has a very difficult political position because he’s made a catastrophic blunder ... No matter what military superiority Vladimir Putin may be able to bring to bear in the next few months – and I agree it could be a long period – he will not be able to conquer the spirit of the Ukrainian people.

That’s all from me for now. You can follow our live coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine here:

Updated at 6.06pm BST

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Docherty also discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Asked if there is effectively a proxy war between Nato allies and Moscow, now Ukrainian troops are in the UK being trained on how to use new equipment, he said:

Not at all. I think what it shows is that we are standing by our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. We’ve done that all along. We’ve been very much on the front foot. We were the first European nation to give lethal aid and we’re very proud of that.

We’re proud of the fact that we’ve been able to help Ukraine defend their homeland. And I think what’s been amazing is the incredible bravery and commitment of all of the Ukraine armed forces.

That same spirit I think is shown in the team that they are fielding here at the Invictus Games.

Updated at 4.15pm BST