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UK announces new air defense assistance package of GBP 50 mln for Ukraine.
The UK has announced a new GBP 50 million package of air defense assistance for Ukraine to help protect Ukrainian civilians and critical national infrastructure from an intense barrage of Russian strikes, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, according to the press service of the UK government.
"The GBP 50 million package of defense aid comprises 125 anti-aircraft guns and technology to counter deadly Iranian-supplied drones, including dozens of radars and anti-drone electronic warfare capability. It follows more than 1,000 new anti-air missiles announced by the Defense Secretary earlier this month," it said on Saturday.
In Kyiv, the Prime Minister laid flowers at a memorial for the war dead and lit a candle at a memorial for victims of the Holodomor famine, before meeting first responders at a fire station. He also saw captured Iranian-made drones which have been used to target and bomb civilians in recent months.
"While Ukraine's armed forces succeed in pushing back Russian forces on the ground, civilians are being brutally bombarded from the air. We are today providing new air defense, including anti-aircraft guns, radar and anti-drone equipment, and stepping up humanitarian support for the cold, hard winter ahead," Sunak said.
The Prime Minister also confirmed GBP 12 million for the World Food Programme's response, as well as GBP 4 million for the International Organization for Migration. The funding will help provide generators, shelter, water repairs and mobile health clinics. The UK is also sending tens of thousands of extreme cold winter kits for Ukrainian troops.
Working with the Government of Ukraine, the UK has identified an initial eight construction projects to be supported by UK Export Finance, helping to repair Ukraine's critical infrastructure and lay the foundations for economic recovery. The projects include six bridges and two housing projects, including a development in Bucha for some 2,250 residents.
Problems in relations with Poland, situation in USA, Hungarian govt policy having worst impact on Ukraine – survey.
KYIV. Apr 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Citizens of Ukraine believe that problems in relations with Poland, the internal political confrontation in the United States, and the unfriendly policy of the Hungarian government are external processes that have...
Borrell: We have to take Patriot systems from our barracks, where they are 'just in case,' and send them to Ukraine.
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell has said EU member states should take Patriot air defense systems from their barracks and send them to Ukraine. He urged to make relevant decisions in the comi...
AFU destroys number of targets at military airfield in Dzhankoi – GUR.
A number of military targets were destroyed or critically damaged as a result of a successful operation conducted by the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the Dzhankoi military airfield in Crimea, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry ...
Foreign Policy Events and Trends in Eyes of Ukrainian Citizens.
On Thursday, April 18, at 14.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency will host a press conference on the subject: "Foreign Policy Events and Trends in Eyes of Ukrainian Citizens" on the results of a sociology poll conducted by the...
Russian army inflicts missile strike on Dnipro region, casualties, fire reported.
Two people were hospitalized in moderate condition following an enemy missile strike against the Dnipro region, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Lysak has said.
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Horror as 400-year-old spire collapses in inferno as locals weep over iconic Copenhagen landmark.
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