London will give Kyiv hundreds of shock drones with a range of more than 200 km

The UK will transfer hundreds of attack drones with a range of more than 200 km to Ukraine in the coming months. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce this today at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. transmits government press office.

“Today, the Prime Minister will confirm the UK’s continued delivery of hundreds of surface-to-air missile systems and additional unmanned aerial systems, including hundreds of new long-range attack drones with a range of more than 200 km,” the press release said.

Zelensky, the government noted, arrived in London this morning. At the meeting, the parties will discuss what kind of assistance the Armed Forces of Ukraine need in the short and long term. The last time the Ukrainian president flew to the UK was in February.

The UK intends to continue to provide military and financial assistance to Ukraine, as well as impose sanctions against Russia. At the same time, military assistance includes the training of the Ukrainian military – in 2022, the kingdom trained 15,000 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This summer, training will also begin for Ukrainian pilots as part of a new training program.

11 May UK Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace confirmedthat the kingdom is supplying Ukraine with Storm Shadow cruise missiles with a range of more than 250 km, which significantly exceeds the range of missiles currently used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine for American HIMARS (80 km). These missiles are designed to be launched from the air. They are already being used to strike at the Donbass.

According to a CNN source, Kyiv assured London that the missiles would not be used to attack other regions of the Russian Federation. By data The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine already on the evening of May 12 hit Lugansk with Storm Shadow missiles.

Former press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov declaredthat Russia is ready to send British long-range missiles to Ukraine and to “further pumping” Ukraine’s weapons from the West. Prior to this, the Kremlin spokesman said that Moscow has a negative attitude towards such supplies, and, according to him, they “require an adequate response.”