David Cameron urges US Republicans to send Ukraine more long-range weapons

Foreign secretary says arming Kyiv is good value for money due to large amount of Russian ordnance destroyed, on Washington visit

David Cameron has used his first trip to the US since his appointment as the UK's foreign secretary to urge the Republican party to back Ukraine with more long-range weapons, saying the aid represented tremendous value for money.

He said for 10% of the US defence budget nearly half of Russia's prewar military assets had been destroyed. Urging the west be patient about the pace of Ukraine military advances, he argued no red line should be set on western aid save Nato troops directly fighting Russia.