Published on: 2026-04-16
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
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Kyiv, April 16 /Xin Hua/ — The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on Wednesday in “Telegram” thanked the United Kingdom for the decision to provide the Ukrainian army with the largest batch of drones in history.
The defense department clarified that this year the United Kingdom plans to transfer to Ukraine 120 thousand strike, reconnaissance-observation, logistical and naval drones. The first unmanned aerial vehicles have already begun to arrive, strengthening the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the front.
As reported by the agency “Interfax-Ukraine,” this package of defense assistance to official Kyiv is financed within the framework of a broader program of military support for Ukraine from the United Kingdom amounting to 3 billion pounds sterling /4.07 billion US dollars/, as well as through the means of the initiative of the “Group of Seven” countries Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine /emergency lending program/.
This year, the United Kingdom will also provide Ukraine with hundreds of thousands of artillery shells and thousands of air defense missiles. –0–
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