UK to buy more than 10,000 drones for Ukraine

During the visit to Kyiv, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps announced the allocation of £325 million for purchasing more than 10,000 drones for Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The UK government announced this.

During the third visit to Ukraine, accompanied by Admiral Tony Radakin, Chief of the Defence Staff, Shapps met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Defense Minister Rustem Umierov.

Shapps said that the UK is allocating £325 million, which is 125 million more than the amount previously announced, to supply more than 10,000 drones.

The majority of which are first-person view (FPV) drones,1000 one-way attack drones, as well as surveillance and maritime drones.

Militarnyi reported on February 18 that the UK was working with partner nations, in particular the United States, to provide Ukraine with thousands of new AI-enabled drones.

Western military planners developing the technology believe it could allow Ukraine to overwhelm certain Russian positions with unmanned vehicles.

Militarnyi previously reported that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated that Western allies planed to supply Ukraine with one million drones by 2024.

Most likely, this referred to the Coalition of Drones initiated by Latvia, the launch of which was reported by Militarnyi on January 18.

The UK, Sweden, and the Netherlands have already joined the Drone Coalition.

The purpose of this association is to provide Armed Forces of Ukraine with a large number of drones for various purposes.

Militarnyi previously reported that Latvia and the UK would start supplying FPV drones to Ukraine within the Drone Coalition.