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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Berlin

Cameron: ‘Giving Ukraine weapons will help bring peace, not escalate war’

David Cameron and Annalena Baerbock meet in Berlin on Thursday, where they were questioned about German military leaks.
David Cameron and Annalena Baerbock meet in Berlin on Thursday, where they were questioned about German military leaks. Photograph: Tobias Schwarz/AFP/Getty Images

Giving Ukraine the weapons it needs to defend itself against Russia would not escalate the war, but help to forge peace, David Cameron has said. The UK foreign secretary was speaking on a trip to Berlin, less than a week after a leaked top-secret military call exposed internal tensions about Germany’s support for Kyiv.

Germany is under growing international pressure to provide Taurus missiles to Ukraine, despite reluctance from Olaf Scholz’s government.

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