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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

UK peace force for Ukraine would cost ‘well over £100m’, says defence secretary

John Healey making a speech in front of ceremonial flags and a crossed sword and sceptre
John Healey told a Mansion House audience an Anglo-French ‘multinational force Ukraine’ was being readied. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

The cost of Britain’s contribution to a post-ceasefire stabilisation force for Ukraine would be “well over £100m”, the defence secretary, John Healey, has said after a speech in the City of London.

Healey said he had already brought forward millions in spending so that a “multinational force Ukraine” led by the UK and France could be ready to deploy quickly if peace talks produce a ceasefire.

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