British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) meet in front of a Challenger 2 tank at a military facility in Dorset, England, on February 8, 2023. Andrew Matthews/Getty Images
* Former defence secretary Ben Wallace said the UK needed to increase funding
Britain has run out of defence equipment to donate to Ukraine, a senior military chief has claimed as they urged other countries to step up and provide more support.
The military official said Ukraine now requires 'air defence assets and artillery ammunition' in the next phase of the war - supplies which the UK has now 'run dry on'.
'We've given away all we can afford,' the source told The Daily Telegraph.
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Update #1: Britain has 'run out of arms to send to Ukraine' (The Telegraph)
Update #2: One of Ukraine's biggest allies has run out of vital equipment to give it, report says (Business Insider)
Update #3: UK weapons for Ukraine have ‘dried up’ – Telegraph (RT)
WNU Editor: The UK is not the only country that is signaling it is running out of arms and ammo to give to Ukraine .... Ukraine war: Western allies say they are running out of ammunition (BBC).
Years and years of slashing military budget because " we must have the fruits of the peace" left us naked. We shut down our industrial weapon base and it will take a long time for rebuilding it. Hope that's not too late.
ReplyDeleteThis shows that the UK is unprepared for the War and that the UK has terrible technology, they may want to have the best but they won't even try, they thought they were ahead of Russia and China...
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