UK to sign deal to supply air defense missiles to Ukraine

PHOTO CAPTION: Illustrative photo via UK Ministry of Defense

LONDON - Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner will on Thursday sign a previously announced deal to supply Ukraine with more than 5,000 air defence missiles from Thales.

Rayner is expected to sign the agreement in Rome, where the Ukraine Recovery Conference is taking place. The deal was first announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on March 2.

The government also re-confirmed it would supply up to 283 million pounds in bilateral assistance to Ukraine over the next year.

($1 = 0.7355 pounds)

(Reporting by Sam Tabahriti; editing by William James // REUTERS)

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