UK announces new military aid package for Ukraine

UK Defense Secretary John Healey announced a new military aid package for Ukraine after a meeting on Sunday with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umerov in the southern port city of Odesa,  reported from Anadolu

The package will include "more artillery guns, a quarter of a million ammunition rounds and nearly 100 precision Brimstone missiles,” according to a government statement.

Healey "also pledged to fast-track military support committed for Ukraine in April to arrive within the next 100 days.”

The new package will include a quarter of a million rounds of 50-caliber ammunition, 90 Brimstone anti-tank missiles, 50 small military boats to support river and coastal operations, 40 de-mining vehicles, 10 AS-90 artillery guns and 61 bulldozers to help build defensive positions and support for previously gifted AS-90s, including 32 new barrels and critical spares which will help Ukraine fire another 60,000 155mm rounds, according to the statement.

The defense secretary "directed officials to ensure that the promised package in April of military aid is accelerated and delivered in full to Ukraine within the next 100 days.”





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