UK plans to provide Ukraine with more air defence assets

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has concluded three contracts worth US$115 million to supply Ukraine with air defence equipment.

Source: European Pravda, citing Sky News

Details: The UK MoD awarded the largest contract, worth £56 million, to the Norwegian defence company Kongsberg. It involves the provision of anti-drone systems that Ukraine will be able to use to detect, track, destroy and disrupt Russian UAVs.

Among other things, this includes the CORTEX Typhon system, the supply of which the Norwegian manufacturer announced earlier this week.

The other two agreements also relate to air defence, but the UK MoD provided no further details.

The agreements were reportedly concluded through the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU), which has raised over £770 million to provide lethal and non-lethal military support to Ukraine.

Background: The International Fund for Ukraine was set up by the United Kingdom in partnership with Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Lithuania.

In June, it was announced that the fund was to be topped up with a further £92 million to purchase air defence equipment for Ukraine.

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