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\nBritain on Thursday said it would send 600 Brimstone missiles to war-torn Ukraine to help its fight against Russian forces.
\nBritish Defense Minister Ben Wallace made the announcement after attending a donor meeting with several of his counterparts at Estonia\u2019s Tapa military base.
\n\u201cToday I can say we\u2019re also going to send another 600 Brimstone missiles into theater, which will be incredibly important in helping Ukraine dominate the battlefield,\u201d he told reporters.
\nBritain made its latest pledge just days after it became the first country to meet Ukraine\u2019s request for Western heavy tanks.
\nWallace and his Estonian counterpart Hanno Pevkur initiated the donor meeting in Tapa, which was attended by representatives from several Ukraine allies.
\nThe talks will be followed Friday by a larger meeting of around 50 countries convened by the United States at the US-run Ramstein military base in Germany to discuss military aid to Ukraine.
\n\u201cNow we are here today and will be there tomorrow in Ramstein… to make it very clear to (Russian) President Vladimir Putin that we will continue to donate, continue to train and continue to stand by Ukraine,\u201d Wallace said in Estonia.
\n\u201cBecause if President Putin is banking on us getting bored this year, he is wrong. We will plan for this year, and next year, and the year after, and beyond… we are in it for the long haul,\u201d he added.
\nWallace also called on Russia to leave Ukraine.
\n\u201cIn 2023, it\u2019s time to turn the momentum that the Ukrainians have achieved in pushing back Russia into gains and making sure that Russia understands the purpose now is to push them back out of Ukraine and to restore Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TAPA Britain on Thursday said it would send 600 Brimstone missiles to war-torn Ukraine to help its fight against Russian forces. British Defense Minister Ben Wallace made the announcement after attending a donor meeting with several of his counterparts at Estonia\u2019s Tapa military base. \u201cToday I can say we\u2019re also going to send another 600 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-308552","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n