UK to announce over €115 million aid package for Ukraine
UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps will announce a new military aid package to Ukraine worth over £100 million (over €115 million) on Wednesday, 11 October.
Source: European Pravda with reference to a press release from the UK Government
Details: The new aid package will include funds for mine clearance, equipment maintenance and defence strengthening to protect key Ukrainian infrastructure facilities.
Shapps will announce the support package provided using money from the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU) at the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
This will follow the signing of a new contract for the previously disclosed air defence system package, which involves providing air defence equipment worth over £70 million (over €81 million) to Ukraine. This equipment includes the MSI-DS Terrahawk Paladin which is a platform capable of tracking and destroying drones and protecting critical infrastructure.
During his recent visit to Kyiv, Shapps assured Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the UK remains committed to supporting Ukraine and its most urgent needs.
"Today I am proud to announce that the UK, alongside our allies, is delivering on that promise with new contracts to provide Ukraine with critical air defence systems to protect civilians from Putin’s barbaric bombing campaign," Shapps said.
Background:
- Earlier, there were unofficial statements that the UK had already given Ukraine most of what it could give without risks to its own defence capability.
- Prior to that, former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace stated he believed that Ukraine is on the road to victory and will be victorious if Western allies deliver the weapons it needs in time.
- Meanwhile, UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps announced the provision of tens of thousands of artillery shells for Ukraine, and also announced UK's plans to train another 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers.
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