Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles
Britain will let MBDA declassify missile component data to help Ukraine build long-range weapons and expand local assembly, officials said.
- On Monday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Kyiv to announce that Britain will allow European defence firm MBDA to declassify UK component data for the SCALP missile, enabling Ukraine to establish local assembly lines for deep-strike weapons.
- Marking Ukraine's 35th Independence Day, Burnham arrived to chair his first meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, a diplomatic framework established by his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer to coordinate Western support.
- The missiles use shared British and French technology, and Ukraine and France plan to produce the "deep precision strike" weapons domestically, reducing reliance on external supply chains and boosting Ukrainian self-sufficiency.
- Russia recently warned of "consequences" over reported British drone use, and Moscow's ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, departed his London post in recent weeks, raising tensions over potential diplomatic downgrade.
- Stating "Ukraine's security is our security," Burnham pledged that British support "will not waver," building on momentum from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to Britain in late July for early engagement.
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham makes his first trip abroad to Ukraine. He already announces support for the production of long-range rockets there.
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On the Independence Day of Ukraine, the British Prime Minister brings a gift. London wants to enable the country attacked by Russia to produce far-reaching cruise missiles.
New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham travels Monday to Kyiv for his first international trip since taking office at the end of July on the occasion of Ukraine's 35th anniversary of independence, according to Downing Street.
According to Downing Street, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will be traveling to Kiev today on his first international trip since he took office at the end of July, on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the independence of... (ANSA)
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