The International Fund for Ukraine has today announced a package
worth over £100 million for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to
provide maintenance and manoeuvre support. In recent weeks, the
Ukrainians have made steady process against formidably defended
Russian positions. They are showing that Ukraine has the
capability to defeat the Russian invasion if we continue to
provide it with the equipment to do so. This package of critical
capabilities will support vehicle rehabilitation and battlefield
manoeuvre.
The package includes tracks and engines for Armoured Fighting
Vehicles; temporary bridges, and heavy equipment transporters for
moving Main Battle Tanks; minefield breaching capabilities and
portable mine clearance equipment to enable soldiers on foot to
cross sections of mine fields and plant equipment for clearing
obstacles such as anti-tank ditches.
We are also delighted to announce that all capabilities from the
Air Defence Package announced in June are now on contract. The
first systems will be delivered by the end of the year and will
bolster Ukraine’s ability to protect its critical national
infrastructure over the winter months.
The announcement was made today at a meeting of Defence Ministers
at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group and has been funded by
contributions from the UK, Norway, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden,
Lithuania, and Iceland.
