At least £700M of this support is set to be spent this year on air defence and artillery ammunition including the £150M already delivered – with other funding going towards procuring more drones, as well as critical contracts to maintain and repair UK weapons already provided to Ukraine, allowing damaged equipment to return to the frontline as quickly as possible.
With Putin repeatedly targeting Ukraine’s cities with the most intense aerial bombardment since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022, the UK is joining the US and European nations in ramping up deliveries of vital air defence.
The UK signed an agreement with Ukraine in May to provide an additional £2.26Bn worth of military support that will be repaid using funds raised from immobilised Russian assets, with more than two-thirds of the money allocated for procurement of weapons and munitions in just two months.
Opening the UDCG meeting, Defence Secretary, John Healey MP, said: “President Trump has announced a new plan for large scale NATO weapons transfers and committed to getting these quickly distributed to the battlefield.
“The UK government backs this policy, and we will play our full part in its success to bolster Ukraine’s immediate fight and to support our own and wider European security.
“As members of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, we need to step up in turn with a “50-day drive” to arm Ukraine on the battlefield and force Putin to the negotiating table.”
It comes as the UK also completed delivery of nearly 50,000 military drones to Ukraine in under six months, in addition to 20,000 drones provided in the same period via the UK-Latvia co-led drone coalition, working closely with British defence companies to speed up procurement and delivery. The UK has committed £350M this year to increase the supply of drones from 10,000 in 2024 to 100,000 in 2025.
At the meeting, the UK and Germany will announce a new agreement to partner in providing critical air defence ammunition to Ukraine. Germany will provide more than 170 million Euros worth of funding, which the UK will use to rapidly procure air defence ammunition via the UK-led International Fund for Ukraine for delivery in the coming months. This supports the aims of the Integrated Air and Missile Defence Capability Coalition, co-led by Germany and France.
The UK’s military support for Ukraine this year is more than ever before, with £4.5Bn allocated for this financial year. In March, the Prime Minister announced a historic £1.6Bn deal to provide more than five thousand air defence missiles for Ukraine.
Last month, the Prime Minister announced a landmark agreement between the UK and Ukraine to share battlefield technology, boosting Ukraine’s drone production and linking up the UK’s defence industry with the cutting-edge technology being developed on the front lines in Ukraine.
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