We are talking about dozens of boats and boats, naval guns, a large batch of missiles, especially the Storm Shadow, hundreds of equipment and millions of cartridges.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday, April 23, will announce an increase in military support to Ukraine of 500 million pounds sterling ($617 million). So, this financial year, British military aid to Ukraine will reach three billion pounds. The British government website called it the largest package from the UK in history.
It is known that Sunak will make a statement on providing aid during his visit to Poland on Tuesday. He will meet with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, after which the leaders will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Warsaw on security and European support for Ukraine. Sunak will travel to Germany to meet with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin.
“Ukraine faces an existential threat as Russia continues its barbaric aggression, which threatens the security and stability of all of Europe,” it said.
Additional funding of £500 million will be used to rapidly deliver vital munitions, air defence, drones and engineering support.
The largest equipment package from the UK includes:
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60 boats, including raiding and diving boats, as well as naval guns;
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more than 1,600 strike and anti-aircraft missiles, as well as additional long-range Storm Shadow missiles;
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more than 400 pieces of equipment, including 160 Husky protected vehicles, 162 armored vehicles and 78 all-terrain vehicles;
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approximately 4 million rounds of small arms ammunition.
“Protecting Ukraine from Russia’s brutal ambitions is important for our security and for the whole of Europe. If Putin is allowed to succeed in this war of conquest, he will not stop at the Polish border,” Sunak insisted.
Let’s remember that earlier in Britain they said that they were considering giving Ukraine a prototype laser weapon.
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Source: korrespondent
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