Louise Sandher-Jones: “The UK stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukraine, and we will continue to provide the support it needs to defend itself…”

This is a clear demonstration that Britain has the industrial strength, innovation and determination to meet the challenges of modern warfare and support our allies.

Project Brakestop shows what happens when we combine that commitment with the talent and ingenuity of British industry.

We are definitely no longer in that space - the strategic reserve is a real commitment for those who are in it, and they will be exercised as part of our exercise programme next year.

Young people would prove essential to the military's readiness for future threats.