Sir Keir Starmer describes the national security threat facing the UK and Europe as a ‘generational challenge’. His comments come ahead of an emergency summit of European leaders in Paris to discuss the war in Ukraine. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We're facing a generational challenge when it comes to national security.
00:05Obviously the immediate question is the future of Ukraine and we must continue to put Ukraine in the
00:12strongest possible position whatever happens next and to make sure that if there is peace and we all
00:19want peace that it is lasting. I think there's a bigger piece here as well which is that this
00:25isn't just about the front line in Ukraine it's the front line of Europe and of the United Kingdom
00:31it's about our national security and I think that we need to do more we need to step up
00:38in terms of our collective response in Europe and by that I mean capability by that I mean
00:43playing our full part when it comes to the defence of the sovereignty of Ukraine if there's a peace
00:50agreement and of course when it comes to funding and training so on all those fronts I want the UK
00:57and all European allies to step up and for the UK to play a leading part in that.