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task with relish and we must use this moment to do the same deepening our partnerships with allies
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old and new from across Europe to meet the defense challenges of our age to the United States
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an indispensable ally for our economic and national security as you know talks with the
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US have been ongoing, and you'll hear more from me about that later today. But make no mistake
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I will always act in our national interest for workers, businesses and families to deliver
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security and renewal for our country, because the world has changed decisively. I mean
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I remember and some of you will also too the day the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 a landmark moment for my generation A sense of freedom of possibility
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of peace. European countries finally free to choose their own future. I didn't think then that
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in my lifetime I would see Russian tanks entering a European country again
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yet here we are and here we stand resolutely with the people of ukraine together with our allies
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showing the strength of our values as well as the value of our strength
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now a few weeks ago i was with the prime minister of new zealand to visit our forces delivering
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Operation Interflex in Wiltshire. This is a multinational military operation that has
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trained more than 50 Ukrainian troops for the front line Men and women who are not soldiers by trade far from it They accountants they builders business people you name it
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who stepped up from their lives, stepped away from their families, and as veterans did 80 years ago, answered the call to defend freedom and liberty in their homeland
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And as these brave men and women leave their training in Britain and head to the front line of freedom, they're applauded by their British trainers
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I've seen this a couple of times now. It's a really humbling sight
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A sign of our support and solidarity in their struggle. Pride and admiration at their courage
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because in this country we know this isn't just a fight for freedom and democracy in Ukraine
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No it a new more dangerous era of history a period of global instability that fuels insecurity for working people here at home The British people have already paid a price for Putin aggression
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in Ukraine, with rising bills and prices. Russia already menaces our security. They've
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launched cyber attacks on our NHS, spread disinformation online, and we cannot forget
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just a few years ago, a chemical weapons attack on our streets in Salisbury, in broad daylight
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in the heart of England. No, the battle lines in Ukraine are the front line for Western values
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And the argument that defines this age is simple. National security is economic security
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and that's why we're boosting defence spending with the largest sustained increase since the
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cold war an increase of 13.4 billion pounds year on year
