Dan Jarvis: “I'm working around the clock with my colleagues across government to make sure that we can get the [investment plan]…”

Operations like this require skill, professionalism and courage. I pay tribute to our armed forces personnel and all those involved.

They remain our most important asset, respected by those who stand with us, feared by those who stand against us.

Russia relies on its shadow fleet to fund their conflict in Ukraine and our interdiction delivers a blow to Putin’s illegal war.

I have a responsibility now to them to make sure that they get what they need, and people should be very clear about my determination to fulfil those duties, to make sure that they do [get] precisely what they need.