{"id":296678,"date":"2026-09-08T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T11:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=296678"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:43:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T12:43:36","slug":"britain-announced-it-was-committing-e116-million-to-boost-ukraines-air-defence-capabilitie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/296678\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain announced it was committing \u20ac116 million to boost Ukraine’s air defence capabilitie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Britain announced it was committing £100 million (€116 million) to boost Ukraine’s air defence capabilities this winter, including with Patriot missiles, Euronews<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

The UK will also supply “air defence interceptors, large-calibre artillery rounds and drones” as part of the contribution to a NATO programme supporting Kyiv, the defence ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) was established in 2022 by the US Department of Defence and NATO.<\/p>\n

More than 20 countries have invested billions of dollars in the programme which aims to ensure a predictable flow of lethal and non-lethal support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The equipment “will be delivered before the winter, helping Ukraine defend its critical national infrastructure, innocent civilians and armed forces from Russian attacks,” the ministry added.<\/p>\n

Ukraine relies on advanced air defence systems, chiefly US Patriot interceptors, to protect its skies from Russian ballistic missile strikes.<\/p>\n

But it has reported a shortage of Patriot interceptors since the United States and Israel went to war with Iran in February, diverting supplies.<\/p>\n

Britain has been one of Ukraine’s biggest backers in its effort to repel Russia since the war has begun.<\/p>\n

New UK defence minister Wes Streeting noted: “”Both the Prime Minister and I heard loud and clear on our first visits to Kyiv the importance of supporting Ukraine through this winter, as Putin prepares to use winter as a weapon by continuing barbaric attacks against civilian and energy targets’’.<\/p>\n

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the UK has committed around £25 billion to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"