Ukraine: Armoured Fighting Vehicles
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has a long-term (a) maintenance and (b) repair plan for armoured vehicles gifted to Ukraine beyond the training package by Babcock.
Answered by Luke Pollard
For reasons of security, I hope the hon. Gentleman will understand that I cannot go into specific details. Maintaining, repairing and overhauling (MRO) both systems granted in kind and Ukrainian indigenous systems is critical to Ukraine’s ability to repel the illegal Russian invasion and deter any future aggression. In recognition of this, through Task Force Hirst we have created a framework to scale this support in line with Ukrainian priorities, both nationally and internationally, as seen with the recent announcement of in-country MRO of the Archer system with Swedish partners.
We are working closely with a number of companies such as BAE Systems, Babcock and others, together with local Ukrainian companies, to scale this support nationally and with wider partners.
Conducting this work in-country, ensures that critical military equipment is returned to the frontline for use by the Ukrainian Armed Forces quicker and more efficiently, so that Ukraine can continue the fight against this unprovoked Russian aggression.
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