UK to help Ukraine get 'most advanced air defence systems' - Sunak

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Munich Security Conference has called for a doubling of military assistance to Ukraine. In particular, he said that Ukraine at this time is crucial: artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence systems. His words are quoted on the government website.

Vladimir Putin thinks that the West is tired of helping Ukraine, but this is not the case. Now is the time to double our military support. We will be supplying long-range ammunition and air defence systems," Sunak stressed.

At the same time, the head of the British government stressed that London will increase its assistance to Ukraine and will send Kiev as much weapons as it sent last year in the near future.

Sunak also recalled that London was the first to decide to provide Kiev with tanks and the first to start training Ukrainian pilots and marines.

Last year the kingdom allocated 2.3bn pounds for assistance to Ukraine and will allocate the same or even more this year," Sunak added.

He stressed that the rhetoric with which the Kremlin addresses the community poses a threat not only to a single country, but to the entire world.