Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles
Burnham will allow MBDA to release classified UK component data, helping Ukraine set up local assembly lines for long-range missiles.
- 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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New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is heading to Kiev on Monday for his first foreign trip since taking office in July, news agencies reported, citing a cabinet announcement. Representatives of more than 30 countries from the Coalition of the Willing, supporting Ukraine, which has been resisting Russian aggression for five years, are due to meet in Kiev on Monday to mark the 35th anniversary of Ukraine's declaration of independence.
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Andy Burnham will hand Ukraine the blueprints to produce long-range missiles ahead of his visit to Kyiv.The Prime Minister is set to announce that he will allow European defence firm MBDA to declassify information on UK components for the long-range Scalp missile during his first foreign trip to Ukraine.The Scalp missile - the French-manufactured version of Britain's Storm Shadow - uses shared French and British technology.Kyiv and Paris are loo…
Andy Burnham is scheduled to take part in the 35th Independence Day celebrations of Ukraine together with other guests of honor today. News on the blog.
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.
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