UK to Supply 650 Missiles to Ukraine as Part of £3 Billion Package

Defence Secretary John Healey is expected to announce a £162 million commitment to send 650 short-range missiles to bolster Ukraine’s war effort against Russia when he meets fellow ministers at a summit in Germany. A meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group will take place on Friday at the United States Air Force base in Ramstein, and follows a bilateral meeting between Healey and his Kyiv counterpart Rustem Umerov in London earlier this week. Healey will use the first major outing in his new role to reaffirm the UK government’s £3 billion a year commitment to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s war-torn nation....