“The head of the British government Kir Starmer has declared a new military assistance package to Ukraine. It was first financed at the expense of interest received from frozen Russian assets. The Guardian writes about it. The package will include 350 modern air defense missiles made in Britain and adapted in a record short time – 3 months – for land launch. Rockets will be used”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
The head of the British government Kir Starmer has declared a new military assistance package to Ukraine. It was first financed at the expense of interest received from frozen Russian assets.
The Guardian writes about it.
The package will include 350 modern air defense missiles made in Britain and adapted in a record short time – 3 months – for land launch. The rockets will be used using Raven systems set by Britain.
Five of them are already on the way to Ukraine, and after that the total number of systems transferred to Kiev will be 13.
Speaking to NATO’s annual Summit in the Hague, the older said that “Russia, not Ukraine, should pay the price for the barbaric and illegal war of Putin.”
“We have the right to use confiscated Russian assets to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense. Ukraine’s security is vital to us, ”the older said.
Britain’s Defense Minister John Gili added that rockets will save his life, and this is proof that the UK’s military and industrial base can adapt to the needs of the modern war.
The new package is part of the largest annual assistance to Ukraine by UK 4.5 billion in £ 4.5 billion. It is an extension of the £ 1.6 billion agreement in March for the supply of more than 5,000 air defense missiles and a separate investment of £ 350 million for a tenfold increase in drones.
Ukraine There is for Europe The main priority, so European countries undertake to help Kiev to defend themselves from Russian aggression, in the fields of NATO summit in the Hague said the head of European diplomacy Kai Callas.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was already a visit to the NATO summit, where he met with the new Prime Minister of the Netherlands Diak Diak.
Meanwhile NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Hague stated that a decision made by NATO member state leaders would be made at the summitwill be the next step in building a “bridge” between Ukraine and the Alliance.
