UK 🇬🇧 Sends $1.3 Billion Military Aid to Ukraine Using Seized Russian Assets

09/04/2025

The United Kingdom has pledged a new military assistance package for Ukraine valued at £1 billion ($1.3 billion), with funding drawn from interest accrued on frozen Russian sovereign assets, Deutsche Welle reported on September 3.

“Britain’s national security begins in Ukraine,” UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer emphasized, noting that the UK has already allocated £4.5 billion ($5.9 billion) for Ukraine’s military support this year.

The package includes hundreds of thousands of artillery shells, hundreds of air-defense missiles, spare parts for military equipment, and contracts for maintenance and repair of vehicles.

Over the past 50 days alone, the UK has supplied Ukraine with 4.7 million rounds of small arms ammunition, 60,000 artillery shells, rockets and missile systems, more than 2,500 drones, over 200 electronic warfare systems, 100 light weapons, 30 vehicles, and additional counter-drone and air defense equipment.