US EditionUK to Fast-Track Thousands of Missiles to Ukraine, Starmer Pledges Long-Range Support
Sir Keir Starmer calls for increased missile supply and use of frozen Russian assets to weaken Moscow's war economy, aiming to protect Ukraine’s energy infrastructure this winter.
- Sir Keir Starmer will urge allies to increase Ukraine's supply of long-range weapons, citing recent strikes as proof of the need to 'ratchet up the pressure' on Russia.
- Measures under consideration include removing Russian oil and gas from markets and using frozen assets to fund Ukraine's defences after U.S. sanctions on Russian oil firms Rosneft and Lukoil.
- The UK missile-building programme has been accelerated to deliver more than 5,000 lightweight multirole missiles this winter, supporting 200 jobs at Thales in Belfast, as part of a £1.6 billion deal from March.
- Allies will discuss how to protect Ukraine's energy infrastructure, a key demand by Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of winter as he warned Russia targets power facilities to weaponize cold weather.
- The 'coalition of the willing', led by Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron, will gather in London with Zelensky, Mette Frederiksen, Dick Schoof, Mark Rutte, and around 20 others dialing in as Starmer argued pressure on Russia is essential.
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UK to fast-track thousands of missiles to Ukraine, Starmer pledges long-range support
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Allies of Kiev are to provide far-reaching weapons.
The British Prime Minister Starmer wants to call on Ukraine's allies to deliver more weapons with a wide range. The EU has given Ukraine the assurance to finance the country in defense by 2027.
At today's meeting of supporters of Ukraine, British Prime Minister Starmer wants to push for the supply of weapons with a large reach to the country.
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