A further £1.3bn in military support will be provided by the UK to Ukrainian forces as they fight against Russia's invasion
A further £1.3bn in military support will be provided by the UK to Ukrainian forces as they fight against Russia's invasion.forces is the highest rate of UK military spending on a conflict since the height of the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.earlier this week.
Officials said the announcement would help support the British arms industry, which could benefit from the global shift away from reliance on equipment from Vladimir Putin's sanction-hit Russia. The funding comes on top of earlier commitments worth about £1.5bn, which included £400m in humanitarian aid and loan guarantees for £700m in additional World Bank lending.President Biden has promised a package including artillery shells, radars and other military equipment.
• A Russian missile destroyed a national museum in the Kharkiv region, and Mr Zelenskyy said that Russian forces have destroyed or damaged about 200 cultural heritage sites during the war
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