This comes ahead of a summit at which Volodymyr Zelensky requested permission to use weaponry supplied by the West to strike targets deep into Russia.
As the meeting convened at the German air base at Ramstein on Friday, the president of Ukraine made yet another passionate appeal for more military assistance.
He noted that the timely delivery of aid was especially important for the eastern section of Donetsk, where Kyiv’s forces are currently under Russian onslaught.
650 Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) will be supplied as part of the £162 million package that UK Defence Secretary John Healey would confirm at the summit.
He said that the new package demonstrated that the government was “stepping up” its support and would provide an “important boost” to Ukraine’s air defenses.
However, the supply will probably be “exhausted within a couple of months,” according to Prof. Michael Clark, the former director-general of the defense and security think tank Royal United Services Institute, who made this statement on the program.
Considering the severity of Russian advances and bombardment, he stated that Ukraine required “more of everything at the moment.”.
According to Thales, the company that makes them, LMMs are lightweight, have precise guidance, minimal collateral damage, and can go over 6 kilometers. Already, hundreds have been shipped to Ukraine.
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pledged in July to provide Ukraine with an annual budget of £3 billion as long as it does.
