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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The new prime minister's first trip abroad - This will be his first time co-chairing a meeting of the so-called alliance of willing states that support Ukraine.
Andy Burnham's first international visit as British Prime Minister is to the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
UK PM Burnham heads to Kyiv on first foreign trip, pledges long-range missile support
LONDON, Aug 24 — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will visit Kyiv today on his first international visit since taking office last month, his office said, as Ukraine marks its 35th independence anniversary.Burnham has vowed to give strong support to Ukraine as it battles Russia’s invasion.The Labour Party leader’s visit comes as he announced that Britain had “agreed that defence firm MBDA can release classified information on UK components for…
Britain is unwaveringly at the side of the country attacked by Russia – and this "as long as necessary", Burnham's office explained.
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