Britain and its allies will unveil a new military support package for Ukraine worth more than £100 million (about $123 million) at a contact group meeting in Brussels. This has been reported Web site The Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence.
It was noted that these funds will be received from the International Ukraine Support Fund (IFU), which unites Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Iceland and Lithuania under the chairmanship of Great Britain.
According to the British Ministry of Defense, the new tranche will help clear Ukrainian fields of mines, and the funds will also be used to maintain combat vehicles and strengthen defense structures to protect the country’s important infrastructure. In addition, Ukraine will be given equipment to build bridges and crossings, as well as vehicles to eliminate non-explosive barriers.
The new aid to be provided to Ukraine will be announced by British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps and his colleagues at the fund at the contact group meeting to be held in Brussels on October 11.
The next 16th meeting in the Ramstein format will be held in Brussels on October 11, and a meeting of NATO defense ministers and a Ukraine-NATO Council meeting are also expected. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has already reached To the capital of Belgium.
At today’s meeting, the parties are expected to discuss the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the close coordination of the international community to provide the Ukrainian people with the tools they need to protect themselves.
Previously USA and Ukraine started Negotiations on security guarantees for Kiev.