Allies have pledged US$35 billion in navy assist to Ukraine throughout a gathering of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG, also called the Ramstein format), UK Defence Secretary John Healey has mentioned.
Supply: Healey at a press convention following the UDCG assembly in Brussels, as reported by a European Pravda correspondent
Particulars: Healey acknowledged that the UDCG's mission stays unchanged – to help Ukraine in its combat immediately and assist safe peace tomorrow.
Quote: "I can affirm that immediately's UDCG will likely be pledging a complete of US$35 billion value of recent navy assist in Ukraine. For our half, the UK is spending the best degree of help for brand new navy assist for Ukraine ever, and on the UDCG, I introduced a brand new half-a-billion-pound packet of pressing air defence help for Ukraine, which stays a prime precedence."
Particulars: Healey mentioned the assembly has despatched Putin a really clear message.
"We're extra united and extra decided than ever. We’ll step up navy help to Ukraine. We’ll step up stress on Russia, and we wish to make 2026 the yr this conflict ends – the yr we safe peace," he concluded.
Background:
- The Netherlands, the UK, Norway and Sweden have contributed US$500 million to buy US weapons for Ukraine beneath the PURL initiative.
- On 12 February it was reported that the UK would be part of the PURL programme and commit £150 million (US$205 million) as its first contribution.
- Ukraine's ambassador to NATO has listed the nations which have supplied Ukraine with essentially the most help in buying critically wanted US weapons, together with air defence techniques.
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