UK steps up military aid to Ukraine in face of Washington’s paralysis

This Friday, the British Government reinforced its commitment to Ukraine with the deployment of a military aid package. 2.5 billion lira (2.9 billion euros) for the next two years. The announcement coincided with the UK Prime Minister’s visit to Kiev. Rishi AltarCo-signer with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskynew security agreement This preserves military and intelligence cooperation until the country’s entry into NATO is completed. “The United Kingdom will not hesitate. Sunak said, “We will be with Ukraine in its darkest hours and in the good days to come.”

HE Security Cooperation Agreement Guarantees the support of the United Kingdom intelligence sharing, in the areas of industrial cooperation in cybersecurity, medical and military training, and defense. Commitments stemming from the NATO summit in Vilnius in July last year, where thirty countries demonstrated their willingness to formalize long-term military support for Ukraine. “I am proud to have signed this agreement” the essence of cooperation “There is an agreement between our countries for the next 100 years or more,” the Prime Minister said at a press conference following the signing of the agreement.

economic support

Payment 2.5 billion lira This figure for the next two years represents an increase of 200 million compared to the previous two years. Some funds that the Government of Ukraine will allocate for its purchase air defense systemsas well as production of long-range missiles and artillery shells thousands of dronesThis is one of Zelensky’s main demands in recent months. “This is the largest defense package Britain has delivered to Ukraine since the start of the war. In total, we allocated more than one 12 billion lira “We are providing aid to Ukraine,” Sunak said.

Zelensky thanked his British counterpart for the support and emphasized that Ukraine continues to trust the United States. support of the international communityDespite new funding for Ukraine being blocked by Republicans in Congress, including that of the United States. Ukraine has a president optimistic Facing aid being blocked, it is now paralyzed by the Republican Party’s demands to toughen the fight against immigration at the Mexican border. “With this I see More positive than December“I think we will achieve this,” Zelensky said.

On the sidelines of the meeting where Ukrainian President Sunak met with Ukrainian emergency service workers. 18 million more lira Humanitarian aid to organizations such as the Red Cross and humanitarian organizations (€20 million) UN. The British Government will also contribute a further €10 million to protect key energy infrastructure from possible Russian attacks.

Source: Informacion

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