The UK has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine that includes Storm Shadow missiles and Husky protected vehicles
By: Myroslav Trinko | 23.04.2024, 08:07
The UK continues to help Ukraine by announcing the new biggest ever military aid package for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Here's What We Know
The package is worth £500m (about $617m). It includes:
- 60 gunboats (sea raid ships, hard raid ships and naval weapons)
- Over 1,600 strike and anti-aircraft missiles, plus additional Storm Shadow long range precision missiles.
- Over 400 vehicles (160 Husky protected vehicles, 162 armoured vehicles and 78 all-terrain vehicles)
- Approximately 4 million rounds of small arms ammunition.
Husky armoured vehicle
Deliveries of weapons should begin shortly. Incidentally, in total, the UK will transfer £3bn (about $3.7bn) worth of arms to Ukraine this financial year.
Source: gov.uk