Overview

• Defense ministers met in Kyiv and defined the framework for security guarantees ahead of a forthcoming Coalition of the Willing leaders’ summit.
• Britain confirmed that more than £1 billion in weapons and support were purchased using proceeds from immobilised Russian assets via a £2.26 billion loan mechanism.
• UK deliveries over the past 50 days included 4.7 million rounds of small arms ammunition, 60,000 artillery rounds and missiles, more than 2,500 drones, over 200 electronic warfare systems, 100 light weapons, 30 vehicles and air-defense and counter-drone equipment.
• Ukraine highlighted urgent needs for ammunition, air defense systems and long-range strike capabilities as ministers withheld operational details and declined to discuss specific missile-use questions.
• Healey described Putin as increasingly dependent on North Korea and China, and Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev threatened seizures of British property after London’s funding disclosure.