The new armed forces minister Luke Pollard is also asked about Ukrainian requests to use Western weapons to strike targets anywhere in Russian territory. The US has given Ukraine permission to use its weapons to strike only certain areas in Russia - and Ukraine wants it expanded.

Pollard says it's up to individual nations providing military equipment to set the parameters of how they are used.

The UK provides equipment based on its use being compliant with international humanitarian law and that will "remain the case", Pollard says, adding those are "the type of conversations" Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Zelensky are having in Washington.