Ukraine Military Aid Creating ‘Capability Gaps’ for UK Forces, Says Minister

Published on September 16, 2024

Donating military equipment to Ukraine to help it fight its war against Russia has created “some capability gaps, especially in the British Army,” armed forces minister Luke Pollard has said. Pollard said during a Ministry of Defence (MoD) briefing that this means the UK now needs to backfill its own stock. He added that London had sent “nearly all” of its AS90 artillery units to Kyiv and “that has created a capability gap within how we operate.” The minister defended the decision to support Ukrainian armed forces with materiel, saying it is the right thing to do, but that it had nevertheless created a challenge for British stockpiles....

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