UK to allocate another £500m to strengthen Ukraine's air defence
UK Defence Secretary John Healey has announced ahead of a meeting of ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels that London is set to allocate an additional £500 million for urgent support to Ukraine's air defence.
Source: European Pravda correspondent in Brussels, citing Healey
Details: The UK is boosting support for Ukraine's air defence by £0.5 billion.
"This afternoon, I'll be confirming that Britain is providing an extra half a billion pounds in urgent air defence to Ukraine," Healey said.
He stressed that the UK's participation in joint NATO projects and its support for Ukraine is "a force for good in the world, building a new deal for European security within NATO".
"I'm proud of the UK's Armed Forces, I'm proud of the UK's leadership, I'm proud of the UK's commitment to our allies. We will back you. We will defend you. We will fight with you in this new era of threat and hard power," Healey emphasised.
Background:
- On 12 February, it became known that the UK will join the procurement of US weapons for Ukraine under the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative and allocate the first £150 million (US$205m).
- The United States is expecting NATO member states to announce new pledges to purchase American weapons for Ukraine under the PURL programme when NATO defence ministers meet in Brussels on 12 February.
- Alona Hetmanchuk, Ukraine's ambassador to NATO, listed the countries that have made the largest contributions to the purchase of critically needed US weapons for Ukraine, including air defence systems, under the PURL mechanism.
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