To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the risk that the Ukraine defence forces might use UK-supplied anti-tank weapons against civilian targets in the Donbas region of that country.
This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.
Answered on
7 February 2022
As with all of our military assistance to Ukraine, the risks associated with training the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the use of these weapons was conducted under the Government's Overseas Justice and Security Assistance guidance. All gifts of UK Government-owned licensable military equipment to an Overseas Government are assessed against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria and require an end user undertaking before handing over to recipients.