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.

The foreign secretary is due to visit Bulgaria and Poland before meeting a host of European foreign ministers at a security conference in Munich on Friday.

The UK has not abandoned hopes Washington will agree to extra aid, and believes the Biden administration has the leeway to provide some aid regardless of Congress.

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.

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