British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce a significant new artillery deployment to Ukraine at a meeting Monday with his media adviser and his Scandinavian, Baltic and Dutch counterparts in Riga, the Latvian capital.
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) and current efforts to counter Russian aggression in the North and Baltic region.
Sunak will explain that the UK will “provide hundreds of thousands of rounds of artillery rounds next year under a £250m ($304m) contract and ensure a steady flow of crucial artillery munitions to Ukraine in 2023”. prime minister’s office
The British head of government will ask leaders to continue or increase support for Ukraine next year, the statement said.
The United Kingdom spearheaded the provision of “defense assistance to Ukraine, including several multiple launch rocket systems and, more recently, 125 anti-aircraft guns”.
Sunak visited Kiev last month to offer Ukraine more help in its fight against Russian forces since the February invasion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will also take part in the JEF meeting, which brings together leaders from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
source: Noticias
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