Aircraft with military aid for Ukraine. File photoLONDON, Apr 8The UK will send £100m worth of weapons to Ukraine, including Starstreak man-portable air defense systems, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. including more Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles, 300 anti-tank missiles and precision-guided munitions,» Johnson said at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He added that Britain would also send helmets, night vision goggles and body armor to Ukraine. UK from 2015 trained more than 22,000 troops in Operation Orbital and the UK-led Naval Training Initiative. Support was stepped up in 2021 when the UK and Ukraine signed a bilateral agreement that provided £1.7 billion to support Ukraine's Naval Capabilities Enhancement Program.
In London, they explained why British tanks would not help KievRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
