Madam Deputy Speaker, with your permission, I will make a statement on the latest situation in Ukraine, on the recent strikes against Kyiv, on our continuing support for Ukraine and our response to continuing Russian aggression and on a major new package of sanctions against Russian oil and gas that I am announcing today.

It is a pleasure to be able to do so on a day in which we have welcomed Ruslan Stefanchuk, the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, here to the House of Commons, a sign of our strong and continued friendship.

Madam Deputy Speaker, it is a reflection of the importance of Ukraine’s security to this Government and to all of us here in the UK that Ukraine is my first statement to the House from the Despatch Box as Foreign Secretary, just as Ukraine was my first visit when t

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