The UK has announced it will urgently provide new air defence
missiles and systems worth over £500 million to protect Ukraine
from Putin's brutal attacks on energy sites and homes, as the
Defence Secretary co-chairs the 33rd meeting of the Ukraine
Defence Contact Group today (12th February 2026) at the NATO
headquarters in Brussels.
The Defence Secretary will confirm that the UK will for the first
time provide £150 million to the NATO Prioritised Ukraine
Requirements List (PURL) initiative, which ensures the rapid
delivery of air defence interceptors to defend Ukraine's skies.
The PURL initiative sees NATO coordinating the purchase of
world-class defence equipment from the United States for the
defence of Ukraine.
At the same time, the UK is set to deliver an additional 1,000
Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMMs), manufactured in Belfast,
that will be critical to defending Ukrainian infrastructure and
cities from Russia's escalating drone and missile attacks.
This £390 million deal builds on the deepening collaboration
between UK and Ukrainian industry to transfer production and
support of Rapid Ranger launchers and command and control
vehicles to Ukraine.
The coming months will also see the UK deliver an additional
1,200 air defence missiles and 200,000 rounds of artillery
ammunition for Ukraine's defenders through the Air Defence
Consortium (ADC).
Defence Secretary MP said:
As we approach the fifth year of Putin's full scale invasion, the
UK and our allies are more committed than ever to supporting
Ukraine.
I'm proud of the UK's continued leadership and pleased to confirm
a new half a billion pound package of air defence, including £150
million for PURL, to help Ukrainians defend against Putin's
relentless drone and missile attacks.
The UDCG meeting of 50 nations will be co-chaired by the UK
and the German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, and attended by
Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, NATO Secretary
General Mark Rutte and Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard
Marles.
Ukraine's supporters will discuss the country's key military
needs for 2026, share battlefield insights, plan equipment
deliveries, and identify the gaps that need to be addressed.
The UK stepped up to co-lead the Ukraine Defence Contact Group
with Germany, as well as the Coalition of the Willing with
France, last year. Both the Prime Minister and Defence Secretary
have been clear that the UK's national security – the foundation
of the Government's Plan for Change – starts in Ukraine.
