UK to fund domestic production of long-range drones for Ukraine

London plans to finance the production of long-range drones for Ukraine in the United Kingdom, Defence Secretary John Healey has announced.

Source: Healey at the beginning of a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (also known as the Ramstein Format) on Tuesday 9 September in London, as reported by European Pravda

Details: He said the UK will continue working with allies to pressure Russian ruler Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiating table. Healey also announced further plans to support Kyiv.

Quote: "Over the next 12 months, the UK will fund thousands of long-range one-way attack drones that we will manufacture in Britain and deliver to Ukraine."

Background:

• In late May, the defence ministers of Germany and Ukraine signed an agreement in Berlin to fund long-range weapons of Ukrainian production.
• In early July, it was reported that the long-range drones in question had already been used to strike targets inside Russia.

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