The United Kingdom will deliver another 6,000 anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, doubling arms deliveries following the Russian invasion, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday.
“Despite the ‘extremely courageous’ resistance of the Ukrainians, ‘we can not and will not fail to react and let the Russians pulverize Ukrainian cities,'” Johnson said before the NATO and G7 summits in Brussels a month later. the outbreak of war.
“The UK will work with (its) allies to increase military and financial support to Ukraine, to strengthen its defenses as it reverses the course of this battle,” he added.
The 6,000 anti-tank weapons will increase to 10,000 the number of such weapons sold in Ukraine. London has already delivered more than 4,000 US missiles to Kyiv, including the NLAW and Javelin, as well as Starstreak portable missiles.
Boris Johnson also announced the granting of 25 million pounds (30 million euros) in aid to the Ukrainian army, in addition to the 400 million pounds of financial and humanitarian aid that London had already promised.
“One month after the start of the war, the international community is faced with a choice,” the Conservative prime minister said. “We can continue to fuel the flame of freedom in Ukraine, or risk extinguishing it in Europe and in the world,” he added.
His government will release another 4 4.1 million for World Service, the BBC’s international service, to “fight against misinformation in Russia and Ukraine” and to support the International Criminal Court. Court for possible war crimes.
A NATO summit, a European Union summit and a G7 summit will be held today. US President Joe Biden, who will attend all three appointments, said the West would adopt “new sanctions” against Russia and “strengthen” those already in place.
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