{"id":369,"date":"2015-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.johnwhittingdale.co.uk\/?p=369"},"modified":"2021-08-18T09:24:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T09:24:34","slug":"service-personel-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=369","title":{"rendered":"Service Personel Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 16.639999389648438px;\"><strong><strong>Mr John Whittingdale<\/strong> (Maldon) (Con):<\/strong> Is my right hon. Friend aware that last week Prime Minister Yatsenyuk told me that he regarded Britain, alongside America, as Ukraine\u2019s strongest allies, and his statement this afternoon confirms that? Is my right hon. Friend aware that we have a special responsibility as a signatory of the Budapest memorandum to help Ukraine? Specifically, will he consider the requests made by the Ukrainian Government for defensive weapons such as counter-battery radar, electronic jamming equipment and anti-tank weaponry?<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 16.639999389648438px;\"><a class=\"anchor\" name=\"st_o159\" style=\"border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #085196; visibility: hidden;\"><\/a><a class=\"anchor\" name=\"15022591000046\" style=\"border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #085196; visibility: hidden;\"><\/a><a class=\"anchor\" name=\"150225-0001.htm_spnew120\" style=\"border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #085196; visibility: hidden;\"><\/a><a class=\"anchor\" name=\"15022591000125\" style=\"border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #085196; visibility: hidden;\"><\/a><strong>Michael Fallon:<\/strong> My hon. Friend is probably as knowledgeable as anybody about the affairs of Ukraine, as he chairs the all-party group. It is very clear to us that the Ukrainian armed forces are in desperate need of further equipment and they have supplied lists of equipment they would like. We are focusing, as I have said, on the non-lethal equipment we can supply and are considering the additional requests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con): Is my right hon. Friend aware that last week Prime Minister Yatsenyuk told me that he regarded Britain, alongside America, as Ukraine\u2019s strongest allies, and his statement this afternoon confirms that? Is my right hon. 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