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Royal Marines Band Scotland stage surprise performances in Rome during HMS Albion’s visit to Italy
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
More than 25 scientists and engineers from Dstl worked with UK allies testing a range of advanced innovative systems as part of Project Convergence 2022.
Volodymyr Havrylov, Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister, visited the UK today to see the support being provided to assist his country’s armed forces.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace hosted counterparts from the ten Joint Expeditionary Force nations in Edinburgh.
The JEF Defence Ministers met in Edinburgh to discuss future cooperation.
The UK has provided approximately 1,000 additional surface to air missiles to help counter the Russian threat to Ukrainian infrastructure.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur commit to stronger defence cooperation.
Joint Statement from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and the Republic of Estonia Ministry of Defence.
Statement on Defence Secretary Ben Wallace's call with the Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
The UK will donate hundreds more air defence missiles to Ukraine, including AMRAAM rockets which are capable of shooting down cruise missiles.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace met virtually with ministers from Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) partner nations to discuss attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
Ben Wallace travelled to Ukraine to discuss the UK’s ongoing support and the next steps as Ukraine battles to free itself from Russia’s invasion
James Heappey spoke with soldiers from the Royal Welsh and 2nd Battalion, the Rifles and met Estonia’s newly appointed Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace met counterparts from Ukraine, Denmark and other key allies and partners in Copenhagen to discuss plans for long-term military support for Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s invasion
Decision comes after the successful use of UK multiple-launch rocket systems by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, gifted earlier this year
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America recently held meetings of the AUKUS Joint Steering Groups, which were established as part of the governance structure of the AUKUS partnership in September 2021.
Around 150 British Army and Royal Air force personnel have deployed to Finland alongside US and Finnish armed forces for Exercise Vigilant Fox.
Ben Wallace, the first Defence Secretary to visit Slovakia in over a decade, met with Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad in Bratislava for talks on how we can work even more closely to enhance our support.
Ben Wallace reveals latest British military support for Ukraine, including plans to send 50,000 artillery shells and hundreds more anti-tank weapons in the coming weeks.
The Royal Air Force has deployed Typhoon FGR4 and F-35B Lightning jets to Finland, and Typhoon FGR4 jets to Sweden, for integrated fighter aircraft training as part of an increased presence in the region.
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