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The agency of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) connected Monday said he will denote a subject package for Ukraine while successful Poland connected Tuesday. File Photo by Ukrainian President Press Office/UPI | License Photo
April 22 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is to recreation to Poland connected Tuesday erstwhile he will denote Britain's largest-ever subject assistance package for besieged state Ukraine.
The package will see immoderate 400 vehicles, 1,600 onslaught and aerial defense missiles and 4 cardinal rounds of ammunition arsenic good arsenic $617.8 cardinal successful further subject funding, his agency said Monday.
The further backing is connected apical of nan $3 cardinal Britain has earmarked for Ukraine this year.
"Defending Ukraine against Russia's sadistic ambitions is captious for our information and for each of Europe," Sunak said in a statement. "If [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is allowed to win successful this warfare of aggression, he will not extremity astatine nan Polish border."
Among nan package is Storm Shadow precision-guided missiles, which Britain says are nan first long-rang munitions an state has sent to Ukraine amid its two-year warfare against Russia.
The premier minister's agency called it "our largest-ever azygous package of equipment."
"We will ne'er fto nan world hide nan existential conflict Ukraine is fighting," Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said successful a statement, "and pinch our enduring support, they will win."
In Poland, Sunak is to clasp his in-person gathering pinch Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland. The 2 are expected to talk deepening their 2 countries' relations. The brace will besides clasp talks successful Warsaw pinch NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg connected European Security and Ukrainian support.
The announcement comes aft nan U.S. House of Representatives passed authorities that includes immoderate $61 cardinal for Ukraine's subject precocious past week aft months of stalling by Republicans.
The measure will now beryllium mixed pinch 3 different nationalist information supplementals passed connected Saturday and beryllium sent to nan Senate for approval, which is expected, earlier it tin beryllium sent to President Joe Biden for his signature.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met pinch a bipartisan delegation visiting Ukraine connected Monday, and thanked them for deciding connected nan subject support.
Ukraine has for months said it was moving retired of supplies amid nan deadlock connected backing successful Congress, and he told nan U.S. lawmakers Monday that Kyiv is "in absolute request of aerial defense."
"We urgently request actual assistance pinch this. We besides request very circumstantial weapons to thief nan subject and protect civilians. Of course, we are talking astir nan request for weapons pinch a longer range," he said. "Artillery shells are besides very important."
Following his sojourn to Poland, Sunak will caput for Berlin to meet pinch Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany. They will talk information waste and acquisition and negotiated ties pinch European allies, his agency said.
