Secretary of defence John Healey announced this solution Friday evening after gathering Volodymyr Zelenski. "We are expanding investment in our preparations (...) ensuring that British armed forces are ready to deploy and command multinational forces, due to the fact that safe Ukraine means safe Britain" - said the head of the British Defence Ministry.](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/09/britain-200m-spend-troops-ukraine-deployment/)