{"id":47001,"date":"2024-01-12T13:33:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T13:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/britain-to-hike-funds-for-ukraine-to-buy-drones-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T13:33:13","slug":"britain-to-hike-funds-for-ukraine-to-buy-drones-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/britain-to-hike-funds-for-ukraine-to-buy-drones-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain to hike funds for Ukraine to buy drones | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak travelled to Kyiv on Friday to announce an increase in military funding to help Ukraine purchase new military drones, including surveillance, long-range strike and sea drones.<\/p>\n

London has been one of Kyiv’s staunchest supporters since Russia’s invasion and Sunak said Britain would increase its support in the next financial year to 2.5 billion pounds ($3.19 billion), an increase of 200 million pounds on the previous two years.<\/p>\n

Britain said it would provide the largest delivery of drones to Ukraine from any nation, with most of them expected to be manufactured in Britain.<\/p>\n

“The Ministry of Defence will work with international partners to significantly scale up the number of drones provided for Ukraine’s defence,” the government statement said.<\/p>\n

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Sunak’s office said the two countries would also sign a historic UK-Ukraine Agreement on Security Cooperation, following on from an agreement by the Group of Seven nations to provide Ukraine with bilateral security assurances.<\/p>\n

Britain said the agreement “formalises a range of support the UK has been and will continue to provide for Ukraine’s security, including intelligence sharing, cyber security, medical and military training, and defence industrial cooperation”.<\/p>\n

Sunak said Ukraine had been fighting for the principles of freedom and democracy for two years.<\/p>\n

“I am here today with one message: the UK will also not falter,” Sunak said in a statement. “We will stand with Ukraine, in their darkest hours and in the better times to come.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n