UK announces ‘largest ever’ military support package for Ukraine
Al Jazeera
The package includes missiles, armoured vehicles and funds to build swarms of new drones.
The United Kingdom has unveiled its largest ever military support package to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion.
London said in a statement on Tuesday that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will give details on the 500-million-pound ($620m) package during a visit to Poland. Ukraine has been calling desperately for increased aid as Russian forces have started to make headway on the front lines and have increased their air strikes.
The UK made the announcement as the White House seeks to push through a long-delayed aid package from the United States worth about $60bn.
The money will take the overall total of UK military aid to Ukraine to 3 billion pounds ($3.71bn) in the current financial year, the British government said.
The new package will fund ammunition, air defences, drones and engineering support. The government said the drones “will be procured in the UK and the funds will support a scale-up in domestic defence supply chains”.
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