Chris Coghlan

Chris Coghlan

Liberal Democrat — Dorking and Horley

Speaking in the House of Commons on 15 October 2025

Debate

Ukraine

Contribution

I welcome the Government’s progress on the frozen Russian assets, but it is disappointing that, as yet, they are allocated only to recovery and not military capability, because Russia is spending $40 billion more than Ukraine and her Western allies on the war in Ukraine. The courage of Ukrainian forces has brought Russia to a standstill, but does the Foreign Secretary agree that if those frozen assets were used today to close and exceed that military spending gap, Ukraine would have a path not just to stop Russia but to win?

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