UK Speeds £1.6 Billion Missile Deliveries to Ukraine as Burnham Prepares New Russia Sanctions
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Updated · BBC.com · Oct 13
UK Speeds £1.6 Billion Missile Deliveries to Ukraine as Burnham Prepares New Russia Sanctions
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Oct 13
Summary
Downing Street will host Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday as Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveils faster UK deliveries of air-defence missiles to Kyiv and outlines additional sanctions on Russia.
More than 5,000 British Lightweight Multirole Missiles worth £1.6 billion have already been pledged over four years, with the new move aimed at getting frontline equipment to Ukraine sooner.
John Healey will press allies at IMF meetings to tighten pressure on Moscow, including backing a ban on Russian LNG and fully enforcing the UK's maritime-services ban on Russian LNG exports.
The visit comes after a sharp UK-US strain over Donald Trump's easing of sanctions on Russian diesel and his claim of an energy ceasefire that Zelensky said Russia quickly violated.