Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles
Britain will let MBDA share classified missile component data to help Ukraine and France set up local assembly lines, 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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Ukraine to Produce French-British Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles Domestically
Ukraine will begin producing Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles domestically after the United Kingdom approved the transfer of relevant technology. British and French defense companies will also participate in the effort, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said during a visit to Kyiv, according to RBC-Ukraine on August 24. Burnham said Britain had been the first country to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons in 2023 and that Ukrainian Presi…
Burnham recalled that London was the first to transfer long-range weapons to Kyiv back in 2023. Ukraine will independently produce long-range Storm Shadow missiles. Britain has officially approved the transfer of relevant technology and will engage defense companies in cooperation. This was announced by British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, according to an RBC-Ukraine correspondent. Burnham, who is visiting Kyiv, stated that Britain was the first…
The UK approved Ukraine's request to transfer technology for the production of Storm Shadow cruise missiles, which should help Kiev develop long-range capabilities on its own.
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