Rishi Sunak will unveil an extra £500mn of military funding to Ukraine on Tuesday and announce the largest supply of munitions to Kyiv as the UK prime minister travels to Poland and Germany to reinforce ties with key European allies.
“Defending Ukraine against Russia’s brutal ambitions is vital for our security and for all of Europe. If [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is allowed to succeed in this war of aggression, he will not stop at the Polish border,” Sunak will say.
The prime minister’s announcement will bring the total amount of military aid Britain has pledged to Ukraine in the current financial year to £3bn as part of a push by Kyiv’s key western allies to bolster Ukrainian defences against invading Russian forces.