“My message to the Ukrainian people could not be clearer: we stand with you for as long as it takes and we will support your courageous fight for peace in Europe further and faster. This is not only the right thing to do, but it is the necessary thing to do. Russia’s aggression cannot be allowed to succeed on our continent.”
Downing Street said the British prime minister had asked ministers to draw up proposals for additional sanctions, military aid and tax measures to support Ukraine in the coming weeks.
Britain will deliver £45 million worth of surface-to-air missiles and implement a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.
Britain will also accelerate deliveries of more than 5,000 lightweight multirole missiles to Ukraine over the next four years with £1.6 billion in funding, Downing Street added.
Chancellor John Healey will use meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Bangkok to urge other countries to impose an equivalent ban on LNG, arguing that it would “cut funding for the war chest that Putin so desperately wants”.
European leaders are expected to use the European Council summit on Thursday to back tougher sanctions on Moscow after Trump struck a deal with Russia to ease restrictions on its diesel exports.
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