After the British Ministry of Defense announced that it will supply Ukraine With missile launchers with a range of up to 80 kilometers in order to repel Russian forces, especially during the fierce battles in the east of the country, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed his confidence that the Ukrainian forces would win.
“If the international community maintains its support, Kyiv can win,” he said.
He also added, “Russia’s strategy is changing, and our support for Ukraine must change as well,” stressing that the new weapons will allow the Ukrainians “to better protect themselves from the brutal use of long-range artillery that Putin’s forces used indiscriminately to demolish cities,” as he put it.
Multiple launch missile systems
These statements came following the Defense Ministry announced in a statement today, Monday, that it will provide Ukrainian forces with multiple launch missile systems (M270 MLRS), “which will significantly increase their capabilities, according to Agence France-Presse.”
She also made it clear that this decision was taken in close coordination with United State Which, for its part, announced last week that the new aid package that it will send to Kyiv to confront the Russian forces includes, in particular, “HIMARS” missile launchers.
And the Ukrainians have been calling for weeks for multiple rocket launchers that would allow them to strike Russian positions.
MLRS
However, US President Joe Biden ruled out the delivery of long-range missile launcher systems to the Ukrainian government, whose range might reach Russia, contented with announcing the supply of advanced and accurate medium-range missiles.
Russian warning
while warned Russian President Vladimir PutinYesterday, he said that his country would target new sites, which he did not specify, if the West handed over long-range missiles to the Ukrainian forces.
Also, before that, the Kremlin had repeatedly emphasized that such a step would prolong the conflict and add fuel to the fire.
It is noteworthy that since the launch of the Russian operation on Ukrainian soil on February 24, Western countries have closed military support to Kyiv, including artillery, missiles, tanks, and light and heavy weapons.
The British military support alone has so far amounted to more than 750 million pounds (874 million euros).
