London has been one of Kyiv\u2019s staunchest supporters since Russia\u2019s invasion
\nLONDON
\nBritish Prime Minister Rishi Sunak travelled to Kyiv on Friday to announce an increase in military funding to help Ukraine purchase new military drones, including surveillance, long-range strike and sea drones.
\nLondon has been one of Kyiv\u2019s staunchest supporters since Russia\u2019s invasion and Sunak said Britain would increase its support in the next financial year to 2.5 billion pounds ($3.19 billion), an increase of 200 million pounds on the previous two years.
\nBritain said it would provide the largest delivery of drones to Ukraine from any nation, with most of them expected to be manufactured in Britain.
\n\u201cThe Ministry of Defence will work with international partners to significantly scale up the number of drones provided for Ukraine\u2019s defence,\u201d the government statement said.
\nSunak\u2019s office said the two countries would also sign a historic UK-Ukraine Agreement on Security Cooperation, following on from an agreement by the Group of Seven nations to provide Ukraine with bilateral security assurances.
\nBritain said the agreement \u201cformalises a range of support the UK has been and will continue to provide for Ukraine\u2019s security, including intelligence sharing, cyber security, medical and military training, and defence industrial cooperation\u201d.
\nSunak said Ukraine had been fighting for the principles of freedom and democracy for two years.
\n\u201cI am here today with one message: the UK will also not falter,\u201d Sunak said in a statement. \u201cWe will stand with Ukraine, in their darkest hours and in the better times to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
London has been one of Kyiv\u2019s staunchest supporters since Russia\u2019s invasion LONDON British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak travelled to Kyiv on Friday to announce an increase in military funding to help Ukraine purchase new military drones, including surveillance, long-range strike and sea drones. London has been one of Kyiv\u2019s staunchest supporters since Russia\u2019s invasion and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-380486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n