{"id":1271389,"date":"2025-12-16T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1271389"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:16:41","slug":"uk-provides-600-million-for-air-defense-for-ukraine-healey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/uk-provides-600-million-for-air-defense-for-ukraine-healey\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Provides \u00a3600 Million for Air Defense for Ukraine \u2014 Healey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Kingdom has decided to provide Ukraine with air defense assets worth <strong>\u00a3600 million<\/strong> to help protect Ukrainians from Russian attacks during the winter months, UK Defence Secretary <strong>John Healey<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Healey made the announcement at the opening of a meeting of the <strong>Ukraine Defense Contact Group<\/strong> (Ramstein format),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAir defense is an absolute priority. That is why today I can confirm the UK\u2019s largest investment this year in Ukraine\u2019s air defense \u2014 <strong>\u00a3600 million<\/strong>, including thousands of air defense systems, missiles, and automated turrets to shoot down drones, delivered now and through the winter of 2026,\u201d Healey said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the UK will soon begin domestic production of new <strong>Octopus interceptor drones<\/strong>, noting that <strong>thousands of these drones will be supplied to Ukraine every month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur mission is clear: to support the fight today, to secure peace tomorrow. And if Putin chooses to continue this war next year, the message to Moscow is clear. The Contact Group will only grow stronger, more united, and will deliver even more equipment to Ukrainian fighters throughout 2026,\u201d Healey concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As reported, the <strong>32nd meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group<\/strong> is taking place today via video conference. During the meeting, Ukraine\u2019s Defense Minister <strong>Denys Shmyhal<\/strong> will brief allies on the current battlefield situation and Ukraine\u2019s key defense needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom has decided to provide Ukraine with air defense assets &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1271394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1271389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UK Provides \u00a3600 Million for Air Defense for Ukraine \u2014 Healey - 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