New Delhi: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Western allies to boost the supply of military aid to Ukraine. The UK has also decided to send more weapons to Ukraine, including the donation of 6,000 more missiles comprising anti-tank and high-explosive weaponry.
Johnson is traveling to Brussels on Thursday for talks with NATO and the leaders of the Group of Seven. “The United Kingdom will work with our allies to step up military and economic support to Ukraine, strengthening their defenses as they turn the tide in this fight,” Johnson said.
According to the media report, Britain has already sent more than 4,000 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine. The UK will also provide £25million in financial backing to fund Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s armed forces.
The PM and his fellow leaders will discuss longer-term military, diplomatic and humanitarian support amid fears that Kyiv will run out of missiles in two weeks.
The Ukrainian president last night said that “Johnson had given him ‘assurances of his support’ amid fears that France and Germany are backsliding on their own promises.”
German chancellor Olaf Scholz told his parliament yesterday: ‘Ukraine can rely on our help. Since the beginning of the war, we have been supplying weapons and imposing sanctions that are second to none.’
But Ukraine’s ambassador to Berlin, Andriy Melnyk, accused the country of ignoring urgent requests for weapons for the last three weeks when ‘every day counts to save the lives of the civilian population’.
(Vinayak)