"Storm Shadow and other things Ukraine really needs on the battlefield": Zelensky talks with Sunak about aid package

"Storm Shadow and other things Ukraine really needs on the battlefield": Zelensky talks with Sunak about aid package

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President Zelenskiy announces the largest package of defense support for Ukraine from the United Kingdom, including Storm Shadow missiles, armored vehicles, boats, and ammunition, which he says are crucial to Ukraine's needs on the battlefield.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had personally informed him of the allocation of the largest British defense support package. In this context, the head of state pointed out that Storm Shadow and other missiles, hundreds of armored vehicles and boats, ammunition - all this is really needed by Ukraine on the battlefield, UNN writes.

I had a telephone conversation with Rishi Sunak. The British Prime Minister has informed me of the allocation of the largest defense support package to date, amounting to half a billion pounds. Storm Shadow and other types of missiles, hundreds of armored vehicles and boats, ammunition - all of this is really needed on the battlefield

- Zelensky wrote on social media.

The Head of State expressed gratitude to the United Kingdom and personally to Prime Minister Sunak for "showing such strong support, as well as for the readiness to further develop defense cooperation, especially with a focus on maritime and long-range capabilities.

"We also discussed the need to create an effective model for the confiscation of Russian assets and shared our expectations for the upcoming Peace Summit in Switzerland and the summit of the European Political Community in the UK," Zelenskyy said.

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