UK to send more anti-tank missiles to Ukraine as fight with Russia prevails

According to Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, the UK is expanding its supply of arms to Ukraine to assist it defend itself against Russian attacks.

Britain deployed 2,000 light anti-tank missiles prior to the invasion and is presently delivering another 1,615.

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Mr Wallace told MPs that the UK planned to supply a small number of longer-range Javelin missiles as well as surface-to-air missiles.

Small guns, body armour, and medical supplies have also been provided, according to him.

The United Kingdom has stated that it is assisting in the “facilitate” delivery of these weapons, but Western officials have refused to provide information on how the supplies are being delivered.

There is evidence that UK-supplied munitions have already been deployed to destroy Russian armour.

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Mr Wallace branded “indiscriminate and murderous” artillery and air raids on residential communities in Ukraine as wreaking “horrific devastation” in the Commons.

He emphasised the necessity of Ukraine’s capacity to fly and repel Russian air assaults.

He went on to warn that the Russians were “changing their tactics and so the Ukrainians need to too.”

In response to a request from Ukraine, he said the government was looking into supplying high-velocity Starstreak manned portable anti-air missiles.

“We believe that this system will remain within the definition of defensive weapons but will allow the Ukrainian force to better defend their skies.”

He emphasised that the administration was “bound by the decision to supply defensive systems” rather than intensify the fight.

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The United Kingdom is not alone in delivering weapons to Ukraine, but most countries only began sending weapons in response to Russia’s invasion, which began on February 24.

Arms have been supplied by 14 states in total, including Sweden and Finland, both of which have a long history of neutrality and are not Nato members. They each sent tens of thousands of anti-tank weaponry.

Germany has sent 1,000 anti-tank weaponry and 500 US-made Stinger missiles, which were a plague on Soviet aircraft during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s.

The Baltic republics have also given hundreds of weapons, including Stingers and Javelin missiles, which have a range of 2.5 kilometres and are one of the world’s most potent anti-tank weapons (1.5 miles).

According to CNN, the total number of anti-tank weaponry and Stingers provided by the US and Nato partners was 17,000 anti-tank weapons and 2,000 Stingers.