LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will increase military funding for Ukraine in the next financial year to 2.5 billion pounds ($3.19 billion) and visit Kyiv on Friday, his office said in a statement.
Sunak’s office said the funds, an increase of 200 million pounds on the previous two years, would help fund the procurement of thousands of military drones for Ukraine, including surveillance, long-range strike and sea drones.
“I am here today with one message: the UK will also not falter,” Sunak said in a statement. “We will stand with Ukraine, in their darkest hours and in the better times to come.”
($1 = 0.7830 pounds)
(Reporting by Sarah Young and Kate Holton; editing by William James)
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