UK to provide 'hundreds' of missiles to Ukraine this year: Lammy

UK to provide 'hundreds' of missiles to Ukraine this year: Lammy
by AFP Staff Writers
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 11, 2024

Britain will provide hundreds of missiles this year to Ukraine, Foreign Secretary David Lammy promised Wednesday, after Western powers accused Iran of sending critical short-range rockets to Russia.

"I can announce we will now also send hundreds of additional air defence missiles, tens of thousands of additional artillery ammunition rounds and more armoured vehicles to Ukraine by the end of the year," Lammy told a news conference with his US and Ukrainian counterparts.

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