British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Friday that the United Kingdom will dispatch approximately 200 missiles for air defense to Ukraine in order to assist the country in safeguarding itself following Russia's "latest wave of murderous airstrikes."
"We continue to stand by Ukraine's defence. Which is why today we are sending hundreds of air defence missiles to restock British-gifted air defence systems capable of striking down Russian drones and missiles with incredible accuracy," Shapps posted on X.
The delivery comes following one of the largest missile strikes by Russia on Ukraine since the start of the war. In this attack, "approximately 110 missiles were fired," resulting in the loss of life for at least 20 civilians, according to Ukrainian media.
