UK PM announces £500m military aid package to Ukraine

Rishi Sunak is to announce a £500m military aid package to Ukraine in its war against Russia alongside the UK’s largest provision of munitions so far.

Some 400 vehicles, 60 boats, 1,600 strike and air defence missiles, and four million rounds of ammunition are included in the package, SKY News said .

The Prime Minister will travel to Poland today [Tuesday 23 April] to announce a massive uplift in military support for Ukraine, including £500m in additional military funding and our largest-ever delivery of vital equipment.

The £500 million additional funding announced today – which takes us to £3 billion in UK military aid for Ukraine this financial year – will be used to rapidly deliver urgently-needed ammunition, air defence, drones and engineering support. The drones will be procured in the UK and the funds will support a scale-up in domestic defence supply chains., UK.GOV Said

Earlier ,The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $95 billion aid package on Saturday, providing security assistance to Ukraine in ($60.84 billion) , ($26 billion) Israel, and Taiwan.

The bipartisan legislation now heads to the Senate, which previously approved a similar measure over two months ago .