The package will contain boats and drones for the Navy, as well as additional air defense, electronic warfare and spare parts.
Britain announced military aid to Ukraine worth £225 million ($286 million). Reuters reported this on Thursday, December 19.
It was mentioned that the aid package will be distributed in several areas:
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London will spend 92 million pounds sterling (about $116 million) on equipment to strengthen the Ukrainian Navy, including small boats, reconnaissance drones, unmanned surface ships, unmanned aerial vehicles and mine-resistant drones.
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£68 million (about $85.5 million) is earmarked for air defense capabilities, including radars, ground-based decoy equipment and electronic warfare systems against unmanned aerial vehicles.
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The UK will use £26 million (about $32.7 million) to provide support and spare parts for systems previously supplied to Ukraine.
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39 million pounds sterling (about $49 million) is allocated to provide more than 1,000 electronic warfare systems to counter drones and buy respirators and equipment to strengthen the protection capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The UK has also said it will offer Ukraine additional military training.
“The brave people of Ukraine continue to defy all expectations with their indomitable spirit. But they cannot go it alone – which is why the UK will strengthen its global leadership in Ukraine throughout 2025,” said UK Defense Secretary John Gealey.
The agency said Ukraine called on its allies to support it both on the battlefield and diplomatically take the lead in any possible negotiations with Russia. Ukrainian troops were exhausted and outnumbered on the 1,170 km front line.
We remind you that British Defense Minister John Healey came on a visit to Kyiv on December 18, where he discussed with Rustem Umerov a plan for long-term support for Ukraine.
Earlier, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that London aims to strengthen Ukraine’s position by 2025, in particular, thanks to economic sanctions against Russia.
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Source: korrespondent
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