The UK will "double down" on support for Ukraine, the Defence Secretary said as he was questioned by MPs in the House of Commons, fuelling speculation that Kyiv's forces could use British-supplied missiles to hit targets deep inside Russia.The UK Government would not be drawn on whether restrictions on the use of Storm Shadow missiles it supplied would also be eased, but Defence Secretary John Healey stressed the UK was working in "close co-operation" with the US.

The UK will "double down" on support for Ukraine, the Defence Secretary said as he was questioned by MPs in the House of Commons, fuelling speculation that Kyiv's forces could use British-supplied missiles to hit targets deep inside Russia.The UK Government would not be drawn on whether restrictions on the use of Storm Shadow missiles it supplied would also be eased, but Defence Secretary John Healey stressed the UK was working in "close co-operation" with the US.