close
close

Pasteleria-edelweiss

Real-time news, timeless knowledge

Britain promises .8 billion a year in military aid to Ukraine
bigrus

Britain promises $3.8 billion a year in military aid to Ukraine

According to the draft budget presented to parliament on October 30, Britain will allocate 3 billion pounds ($3.8 billion) a year for military support to Ukraine.

The budget proposal, which includes some tax increases and cuts, will increase the national defense budget and maintain Britain’s previous commitments to military support to Ukraine.

“Today I’m announcing a total increase of £2.9 billion to next year’s budget for the Ministry of Defense to ensure the UK comfortably exceeds our NATO commitments and provides guaranteed military support of £3 billion a year to Ukraine for however long it takes,” UK Treasury Minister Rachel Reeves announced On October 30th.

In addition to funds £2.26bn ($2.9bn) loanBacked by frozen Russian assets, which the UK government announced last week.

Labor Party led by the Prime Minister in England Keir StarmerHe came to power in July after a major election victory. The draft budget aims to tackle the high national debt as well as a “fifteen-year” recession.

Despite these financial difficulties, the Labor budget proposes no cuts to Ukraine’s military aid and builds on the previous government’s promises. Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to send Ukraine away last May £3bn a year “as long as necessary.”

United Kingdom constantly expressed strong support As well as the USA and Germany for Ukraine. The country has pledged over $9 billion in military aid since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Opinion: It’s time to admit that the West is already at war with Russia

Another week of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has passed, and Moscow has crossed yet another line in its aggression against Western targets. This time, the violation occurred in the form of a package bomb being thrown into the trunk of a German plane. The device exploded on the ground