British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomed decisions made on the delivery of US and German tanks to Ukraine on Wednesday, but asked for stronger support from Ukraine’s allies.
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It’s Wednesday US Government Abrams, German government Leopard 2 tank Announced delivery to Ukraine. However, London was the first of NATO’s major Western allies to make the decision to provide similar assistance: Downing Street announced on January 15 that Ukraine 14 Challenger receives two tanks from Great Britainand the weapons delivery package also includes “nearly thirty” AS-90 self-propelled guns.
According to information received from the Prime Minister’s Office in London on Wednesday evening, Rishi Sunak
He negotiated with the American, German, French and Italian commanders, and expressed his appreciation for the decision to deliver tanks to Ukraine.
Sunak asked Allied leaders to provide more massive support to Ukraine in the coming weeks and months. In his statement, a spokesman for the British Prime Minister’s Office said that, according to the opinion of the British Prime Minister, Russia is clearly at a disadvantage, and there is an opportunity for the international community to accelerate efforts to establish lasting peace in Ukraine. Wednesday.
The London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced this on Wednesday To date, it has provided nearly two billion euros in aid to Ukraine. In response to Russian aggression, the financial institution created in 1991 to finance the transformation of the economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union region has committed to a special investment program of 3 billion euros for Ukraine until the end of 2023. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announced in its report on Wednesday that it is on its way. To achieve this goal: it has so far allocated 1.7 billion euros from the framework for the Ukrainian economy and mobilized another 200 million euros for financing with the participation of partner banks. .
