The U.K. will pledge more rapid arms supplies for Ukraine as the country tries to fend off a renewed Russian assault in the east and south.
On Tuesday, the U.K.'s Prime Minister Boris Johnson announce a new £300 million package of defensive military aid while addressing the Ukrainian parliament via videolink. He is expected to echo Winston Churchill, telling lawmakers that this is Ukraine's "finest hour."
Russia's weakened military will struggle to recover due to international sanctions, and this will have a lasting impact on Russia's ability to deploy conventional military force, the U.K. said.The U.K.'s Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to announce a new £300 million package of defensive military aid for Ukraine on Tuesday, includes electronic warfare equipment, a counter battery radar system, GPS jamming equipment and thousands of night vision devices.
"Your children and grandchildren will say that Ukrainians taught the world that the brute force of an aggressor counts for nothing against the moral force of a people determined to be free," Johnson is expected to add.Ukraine troops are pushing Russian forces away from Kharkiv, Pentagon says Russian troops in eastern Ukraine are making "anemic" progress and continue to be beset by low morale, poor command and control and weak logistics, the official told reporters.
Instead of holding territory, Russia troops have recently been moving into an area, declaring victory and then leaving the area to Ukrainian troops to resume control, U.S. intelligence indicates.
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