“British Defense Minister John Geely announced before the start of the ministerial meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels that London is allocating an additional 500 million pounds for immediate support of Ukraine’s air defense.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
ILLUSTRATION PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Source: correspondent of “European Truth” from Brussels with reference to the words of the Minister of Defense of Great Britain
Details: Britain supports Ukrainian air defenses to the tune of 0.5 billion pounds.
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“This afternoon I will confirm that Great Britain is providing an additional half a billion pounds for urgent air defense to Ukraine,” Gealy said.
He emphasized that Britain’s participation in joint NATO projects and its support for Ukraine “is proof that Britain is a force for good in the world, building a new agreement on European security within NATO.”
“I am proud of the Armed Forces of Great Britain, I am proud of Great Britain’s leadership, I am proud of Great Britain’s commitment to our allies. We will support you, we will protect you, we will fight with you in this new era of threats and hard power,” Gealy emphasized.
We will remind:
- As “European Truth” reported, on February 12 it became known that Britain will join US arms purchases for Ukraine under PURLand will allocate the first $205 million.
- We will remind, during the meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels on Thursday, February 12, the United States expects that the member states of the Alliance will make an announcement on new purchases of American weapons for Ukraine within the framework of the PURL initiative.
- Head of the Ukrainian diplomatic mission to NATO Alyona Hetmanchuk listed the stateswhich provided the largest assistance to Ukraine in the purchase of critically needed American weapons, including air defense, which is carried out under the PURL mechanism.