Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles
The move will help Ukraine and France set up local assembly lines for the SCALP missile, which has 550-kilometer range, officials said.
- On Monday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Kyiv to announce that Britain will allow European defence firm MBDA to declassify UK component data for the SCALP missile, enabling Ukraine to establish local assembly lines for deep-strike weapons.
- Marking Ukraine's 35th Independence Day, Burnham arrived to chair his first meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, a diplomatic framework established by his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer to coordinate Western support.
- The missiles use shared British and French technology, and Ukraine and France plan to produce the "deep precision strike" weapons domestically, reducing reliance on external supply chains and boosting Ukrainian self-sufficiency.
- Russia recently warned of "consequences" over reported British drone use, and Moscow's ambassador to the UK, Andrei Kelin, departed his London post in recent weeks, raising tensions over potential diplomatic downgrade.
- Stating "Ukraine's security is our security," Burnham pledged that British support "will not waver," building on momentum from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to Britain in late July for early engagement.
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Andy Burnham in Kyiv: British Prime Minister Hands over Cruise Missile Construction Plans to Ukraine
New aid to Ukraine: British Prime Minister Burnham wants to support Kyyiv in the production of long-haul weapons, while the EU releases a further 6.1 billion euros for the country under attack.
The British Prime Minister's first official foreign trip will be to Ukraine. Burnham is expected to announce that Ukraine will be allowed to produce the SCALP long-range missile.
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