David Cameron will discuss strengthening Ukraine’s defences and finances against further Russian aggression with European partners in light of the continuing threat of the US Congress refusing to provide further financial support.
But Lord Cameron will raise how the European countries, including Poland, can increase defence production and accelerate plans to hand Ukraine the windfall profits from Russian assets seized by Europe.
Switching his gaze temporarily from the Middle East, he will visit Bulgaria on Wednesday and the newly elected government in Poland on Thursday in the run-up to the anniversary of the Russian invasion, and a G20 foreign ministers meeting in Brazil next week.
More European countries are expected to make bilateral security commitments in the next fortnight, a sign of continued support that is balanced by the growing threat of US isolationism.
At a meeting with fellow leaders in Munich the foreign secretary intends to focus on European defence production and the unique moral case for seizing the profits derived from frozen Russian assets.
Cameron, unlike one of his successors as prime minister, Boris Johnson, unambiguously regards Donald Trump’s possible election as US president as a threat to Ukraine and Nato but is intent on trying to influence the Republican party so its current isolationist mood can be tempered.
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