The United Kingdom has announced it would supply anti-armour, defensive weapons to Ukraine for the latter to be able to defend itself in case of aggression against it, Ukrinform and Reuters news agencies report.
«We have taken the decision to supply Ukraine with light anti-armour defensive weapon systems,» British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace was quoted as saying to the British Parliament on January 17. «They are not strategic weapons and pose no threat to Russia. They are to use in self-defence,» according to Wallace.
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The UK minister also unveiled he had invited Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to visit London in the next few weeks. This was described as a chance to discuss the crisis around Ukraine’s borders, Reuters Ukrinform report.
UK to send anti-armour weapons to Ukraine
