Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles
Britain will let MBDA share classified missile component data to help Ukraine and France set up local assembly lines, 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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"The UK is with you today and will be with you for as long as necessary," said Andy Burnham, visiting Ukraine on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the country's independence.The British premier will take advantage of the trip to announce the delivery of Kiev's secret plans for the construction of Storm Shadow missiles.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who has been visiting Kiev since Monday 24 August, is expected to formalize an agreement to provide Ukraine with information on the production of Scalp missiles, sparking the...
The British government has authorized the Mbda Defense Group to share confidential information on the British components of the Scalp long-range missile, allowing Ukraine and France to start assembly lines of the system on Ukrainian territory. The announcement will be formalized by British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who arrived today in Kiev for his first international visit as head of the government, on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of…
For his first trip abroad since taking office at the end of July, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is traveling to Kyiv to mark the 35th anniversary of Ukrainian independence. This highly symbolic choice is intended to reaffirm London's "unwavering" support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion. Analysis by Bruno Daroux, international affairs commentator for France 24.
New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived in Kiev on Monday for his first trip abroad. He is to attend a meeting with Ukraine's main European supporters on the 35th anniversary of his independence.
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