Live updates: U.K. pledges more military equipment to Ukraine
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What's happening in Ukraine on Friday: U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged another 100 million pounds (US$130 million) in high grade military equipment to Ukraine, saying Britain wants to help Ukraine defend itself.
LONDON - U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged another 100 million pounds (US$130 million) in high grade military equipment to Ukraine, saying Britain wants to help Ukraine defend itself.
Speaking Friday at a news conference with Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Johnson said he would give Ukraine's military more Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles, another 800 anti-tank missiles, and precision munitions capable of lingering in the sky until directed to their target.
He also promised more helmets, night vision and body armour. The items were in addition to some 200,000 pieces of non-lethal military equipment from the U.K. that had already been promised.
The pledge of new weaponry came as Johnson condemned the attack on train station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk earlier Friday. Women and children gathering on a train platform perished in the blast.
