British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promises Ukraine the largest British aid package to date, the list includes, among other things: sixty different light military watercraft, more than 1,600 strike and anti-aircraft missiles, long-range precision guided missiles, more than four hundred land military vehicles and almost four million rounds of ammunition then – writes the Guardian.
Sunak said on Monday that he believes Vladimir Putin will not stop at the Polish border if Russia wins the war. The Prime Minister will visit Poland on Tuesday, where he will discuss European security and the Russian threat with Polish President Donald Tusk and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Together with the current package, Great Britain is giving Ukraine 3 billion pounds (1,375 billion forints) in military aid in the current fiscal year.
“Ukraine’s armed forces continue to fight bravely, but they need our support – and they need it now. The package will help Ukraine have what it needs to take on Russia,” the Prime Minister said. The British government has provided almost £12 billion worth of military, humanitarian and economic aid to Ukraine since the start of the war. The announcement was made after the US House of Representatives, after several months of delay, finally approved its military aid package for Ukraine, which will help the fight against the Russian invasion with an amount of 61 billion dollars.
Intense strikes in the Kharkiv area
Meanwhile, fighting continues on the battlefield: Russia may try to persuade the Ukrainians to leave Kharkiv before a possible offensive, reports Sky News citing analysts. Back in March, Russian state television propagandist Vladimir Solovyov said forces should destroy the city of Kharkiv “quarter by quarter” and suggested giving Ukrainian civilians 48 hours to leave the city. Reports from a Russian publication have now confirmed this, citing unnamed military sources as saying that a Russian offensive operation is inevitable and that the situation in the city of Kharkiv will be “worse than in Bakhmut and Avdiivka”.
The partially destroyed TV tower – Photo: Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy / Reuters
Moscow has recently stepped up its attacks as Ukraine struggles with its air defenses. Kharkiv and its surroundings were the victims of intense strikes on Monday, with the city’s 240-meter-tall TV tower breaking in two and falling to the ground in what local officials said was a Russian missile attack. And early Tuesday, nine people were injured in the Black Sea port of Odessa after a Russian drone attack, Ukrainian military officials said. Four of the injured were infants and children, and they were taken to hospital.
