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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

UK ‘planning lots of scenarios’ for Donald Trump’s approach to Ukraine

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones arrives in Downing Street to attend the weekly Cabinet meeting
Chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, also responded to ‘counterfactual’ claims made by Nigel Farage. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Rex/Shutterstock

The UK is examining all possible options when it comes to the US president-elect Donald Trump’s approach to Ukraine, the chief secretary to the Treasury has said, as the UK’s chief of the defence staff said approximately 1,500 Russian troops were being killed and injured every day.

Whitehall officials are “considering and planning lots of different scenarios”, Darren Jones told Sky News on Sunday. During the US election campaign, Trump said he would find a solution to end the war “within a day”, but did not explain how he would do so. His vice-president nominee, JD Vance, has been vociferously opposed to providing more funds to support Ukraine.

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