6주차｜국제 정치·외교_이주현_Foreign Secretary Parliamentary Statement

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Foreign Secretary Parliamentary Statement on Ukraine

Foreign Secretary statement on Ukraine delivered to Parliament on 15 October 2025.

From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP

Published: 15 October 2025

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1. glossary

1	shadow fleet	그림자 선단 / 제재 회피 선단	러시아산 원유 등을 운송하며 국제 제재를 우회하는 노후 유조선 및 불투명한 소유구조의 선박 집단.
2	Iskander missile	이스칸데르 미사일	러시아의 단거리 탄도미사일 체계. 우크라이나 정부 건물을 타격한 무기로 언급됨.
3	a UN aid convoy	유엔 구호 차량 행렬 / 유엔 구호대	최전선 지역에 인도적 지원 물자를 전달하던 유엔 소속 구호 차량들을 의미함.

Three and a half years after Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine,

President Putin has failed in his war aims – he is failing in his military, economic and political objectives for Ukraine and Europe.

Thanks to the courage and the resilience of the Ukrainian people and the support and determination of Ukraine’s friends, as Ukraine stands firm against Russia, the UK stands firm with Ukraine.

Ukraine’s security is Europe’s security and the security and stability of the whole of Europe is vital for our security here in the UK. President Zelensky stands ready to hold talks for peace.

But President Putin seeks only to escalate war.

He will not succeed.

Now is the time not just to continue with our steadfast support for Ukraine’s defence, but to substantially increase the pressure on Russia’s economy and on Putin’s war machine.

Major new UK sanctions against Russia’s biggest oil companies and shadow fleet.

New concerted action with our partners to choke off oil and gas revenues and to hit at the heart of Putin’s economy and war machine.

Because we are determined to support our Ukrainian friends and to stand up for our own security now

Madam Deputy Speaker,

what was clear to me in Kyiv a few weeks ago, and is clear to everyone visiting Ukraine, is the enduring courage and unbreakable spirit of the Ukrainian people.

I saw first-hand the damage caused by an Iskander missile strike on a Ukrainian government building in Kyiv.

I met families whose lives had been uprooted, their homes destroyed, their children’s education torn apart.

And I met up with two teenagers who lived with us in the UK during the first year of the war and have now returned—and who, despite the drones, the bombardments, and the disruption to their lives and schooling, are continuing to train as international-standard ballroom dancers.

Because like Ukrainians across their country they will not let Russia destroy their dreams.

And that is what Vladimir Putin will never understand about the Ukrainian people.

For three and a half years, and indeed since 2014, he has questioned their resilience.

For three and a half years, he has doubted the commitment of their allies.

For three and a half years, he has been proven wrong.

And everywhere I went in Kyiv last month, I saw a nation resolute in its fight.

So that despite the huge Russian mobilisation efforts in the last three years, Putin remains as far away from achieving those military goals as he has ever been.

In this war that Putin started, Russian losses are now 20 times higher than Soviet losses in Afghanistan.

In this war that Putin is continuing to pursue, Russia is now struggling to equip its forces. In some areas, stocks are so low they have resorted to using military kit from the 1950s.

And as a result of this war that Putin refuses to end, the IMF have revised down Russian growth forecasts and military spending is now outstripping social spending for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

We know that with increased desperation comes increased danger.

And in recent weeks, Putin has engaged in provocative and reckless violations of NATO airspace in Estonia, Poland and Romania, against which NATO stands together, resolute and ready to act.

His recent bombardment of Ukraine has seen some of the largest attacks in Europe since the height of the Second World War.  

With civilian casualties rising nearly 40%, with children killed in playgrounds, hospitals and schools destroyed, and civilian energy infrastructure targeted.

Just yesterday, a UN aid convoy was hit delivering vital assistance to a frontline community.

So while we continue to strive for peace for Ukraine, we must be steeled for the war to continue and that means focusing on four priorities.   

First, we will ensure that Ukraine gets the support it needs to stand up to this latest onslaught. 

In my meeting with President Zelenskyy in September, I reaffirmed the UK’s ironclad support.

We are providing 4.5 billion pounds of military support for Ukraine this year – more than ever before – with over 150 million pounds worth of air defence and artillery delivered in the last two months alone. 

We have worked with our partners to mobilise further support, raising over £2 billion to meet Ukraine’s most urgent military needs.