Britain is to supply long-range rocket artillery to Ukraine, despite a threat on Sunday from Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, to bomb fresh targets if similar weapons from the US were delivered to Kyiv. The UK will send a handful of tracked M270 multiple launch rocket systems, which can hit targets up to 50 miles away, in the hope they can disrupt the concentrated Russian artillery that has been pounding cities in eastern Ukraine. Ben Wallace, the UK defence secretary, argued the decision to ship the rocket launchers was justified because“as Russia’s tactics change, so must our support to Ukraine”. The ranges of both are far greater than any land weapons Ukraine currently has. A British defence source said the weapons will be used “to defend Ukraine, in Ukraine”.

Source: The Guardian June 06, 2022 12:52 UTC