Rishi Sunak is to announce the UK’s largest-ever provision of war material as well as a £500million military aid package to Ukraine in its war against Russia.
The package includes approximately 400 vehicles, 60 boats, 1,600 strike and air defense missiles and four million rounds of ammunition.
This announcement comes during a period of decline ukraine Because Russian forces have been gaining ground in recent weeks.
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Moscow captured the town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine on February 17 and has since been making advances, capturing other villages.
last month, Russia According to Warsaw, the airstrike was carried out in Lviv, Ukraine’s western region near the border with Poland, with a cruise missile briefly flying over Polish airspace.
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The Prime Minister will travel to Poland on Tuesday to announce that Britain will give £3bn of military aid to Ukraine this financial year.
Mr Sunak Said: “Defending Ukraine against Russia’s brutal ambitions is vital for our security and that of all of Europe. If Putin is allowed to succeed in this war of aggression, he will not stop at the Polish border.”
“The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to fight bravely, but they needed our support – and they need it now.”
Secretary of Defense Grant Shapps Reiterated that the UK was “the first” to provide Ukraine with NLAW anti-tank missiles, modern tanks and long-range missiles.
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The crisis in the Middle East has also diverted global attention from the conflict in Ukraine, as Israel continues to bomb Gaza.
However, in a major victory for Ukraine, the $60.8 billion (£49 billion) bill was passed by the US House of Representatives, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressing his thanks, saying US lawmakers were “on the right track for history”. Have moved forward to keep.
During his visit, Mr Sunak will also meet Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk before flying to Germany to meet Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
The government will offer to deploy an RAF Typhoon squadron to conduct NATO surveillance over Poland next year in a bid to strengthen ties between the two countries.