Weapons supplied by the UK to Ukraine can be used to strike Russian territory, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has said.
He pledged £3bn a year "for as long as it takes" to help Kiev.
Patrick Wintour writes that this is the UK's biggest spending commitment since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. In January, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged £2.5bn of military aid to Ukraine for 2024-25.
"You can see why Ukraine feels the need to defend itself. Ukraine has the right to strike inside Russia because Russia strikes inside Ukraine," Cameron said. The foreign secretary announced that the UK's donation of military equipment would include precision-guided bombs, air defense missiles and equipment for 100 mobile air defense teams to shoot down Russian drones and missiles.
The UK has also committed to doubling its domestic munitions production, investing a further £10 billion over the next 10 years. "We have just exhausted everything we were capable of in terms of equipment provision," Cameron said. "Some of the equipment is actually arriving in Ukraine today while I am here," Cameron said. / BGNES
