UK pledges to supply Ukraine with top-notch missile launchers

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said: “The UK stands with Ukraine, we are at the forefront of providing the Kiev army with the vital weapons they need to defend their country.”

“In light of the changing Russian tactics, we have to support Ukraine even more. M270B1 highly mobile multiple launch rocket systems will allow Ukraine to better defend itself against Russian long-range artillery, which is not President Putin’s forces used indiscriminately to level cities.”

Earlier, the US confirmed that it would provide Ukraine with a high mobility rocket system (HIMARS) M142. According to the White House, US missile systems are at the heart of a $700 million support package for Ukraine, which includes helicopters, anti-tank weapons, tactical vehicles and spare parts.

In response to the moves, Russian military officials said that the country’s nuclear forces were holding exercises in the Ivanovo province near Moscow.

In a speech, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West of “pumping arms to Ukrainian nationalists”, stressing that any arms goods delivered to Kiev would be targeted. legal standards of Moscow.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that NATO countries are “playing with fire” by sending weapons to Ukraine.

Russian military officials this week said they had completed testing of the Zircon hypersonic cruise missile. Specifically, they test-fired a cruise missile from a ship in the Barents Sea to a target about 1,000km away.