UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in Kyiv, after he announced new military funding for Ukraine aimed at reassuring the country that the West is still providing support nearly 23 months after Russia’s invasion.
The package, worth 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) over the next fiscal year, is the largest the U.K. has provided to Ukraine since the war began, surpassing previous annual commitments by 200 million pounds ($233 million), the British government said.
The package will pay for long-range missiles, thousands of drones, air defence, artillery ammunition and maritime security, according to Sunak's office. It comes at a time when other financial aid from the U.S. and Europe is tied up by political wrangling.
Kyiv has been urging the West to send more of that kind of aid as the grinding war brings little change along the front line and both sides turn to long-range strikes.
Sunak said he made Ukraine his first foreign trip of the year to send a “strong signal” of support, representing "the seriousness of the situation here and our determination to stand with Ukraine” amid competing claims for international attention.
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