UK Sends Ukraine Long-Range Missiles in Biggest Aid Package
- Sunak to travel to Poland, Germany for defense talks
- Storm shadows, boats, armored vehicles part of military aid
A SCALP EG / STORM SHADOW low-observable, long-range air-launched cruise missile displayed at the International Paris Air Show in 2023.
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The UK will send more Storm Shadow long-range missiles to Ukraine as part of its single biggest military aid package to the country since Russia’s invasion, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.
As well as the Storm Shadows, which are precision-guided cruise missiles with a firing range in excess of 250 kilometers (155 miles), Britain is also sending more than 1,600 strike and air defense missiles, Sunak’s office said. The package amounts to £500 million ($620 million) of new spending, taking total UK military aid to Ukraine this financial year to £3 billion.