Despite Putin's warning: British deliver sensitive missile system - "Significant boost for Ukraine"

Created: 06/06/2022, 16:48

An example of the M270 missile system, here under the supervision of US soldiers in Bavaria.

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Heavy weapons: Kyiv is asking the West for them - Moscow is threatening the consequences.

Meanwhile, the British government says Ukraine must "win" the war.

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• Escalated conflict in Ukraine:

  Vladimir Putin warns the West against supplying long-range missiles.

• M270 Missile System

  : Britain now supplies Ukraine with multiple rocket launchers.

• US arms deliveries

  : Shortly before, the US had also sent long-range weapons to Kiev.

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  news ticker on diplomacy in the Ukraine war

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London/Kyiv - Weapons from the West would only prolong the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin recently threatened.

Britain under Prime Minister Boris Johnson now wants to help Ukraine against the Russian aggressor by supplying the country with long-range missile systems - so that Ukraine can "win" the war against Russia, according to British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.

The British government said it would send several M270 missile systems with a range of up to 80 kilometers to the country, according to BBC information there should initially be three.

"As Russia's tactics change, so must our support," Wallace said in a statement.

The planned delivery means "a significant boost to the capabilities of the Ukrainian army".

It was intended to improve protection for Ukrainians "against the brutal use of long-range artillery that Putin's troops have used indiscriminately to flatten cities."

Ukraine-Russia negotiations: Putin threatens arms deliveries

The high-precision weapons would enable Ukraine to better defend itself against the brutal attacks of Russia, which leveled cities with its long-range artillery.

Ukrainian troops are to be trained in weapons in Great Britain.

The delivery was closely coordinated with the US, which had recently announced the delivery of long-range weapons.

Putin had threatened to attack other targets in Ukraine if this were to happen.

The British government has so far pledged £750 million (€874 million) in military aid to Ukraine.

The aid includes, among other things, the delivery of air defense systems, thousands of anti-tank missiles and hundreds of armored vehicles.