UK to supply Ukraine with rocket launchers with a range of 80 km

• Russia Putin warns that he will expand his list of targets if the West gives Ukraine long-range missiles

Britain

will supply

with rocket launchers with a range of 80 kilometers to counter the Russian offensive, the Defense Ministry has announced, following the lead of the United States.

These

"will significantly increase the capabilities of the Ukrainian forces," the ministry said in a statement.

The decision was made in

, which last week announced the supply of

equipment with a range of 80 kilometers, that is, multiple rocket launchers mounted on light armored vehicles.

The Ukrainians had been asking for rocket launchers for some time so they could

while disposing their batteries further from the front.

However, US President

ruled out providing Ukraine with long-range rocket launch systems that can reach

, despite repeated requests from Kiev for such weapons, to prevent

from being seen as a co-belligerent. .

Russian President

warned on Sunday that

would attack new targets if the

supplied long-range missiles, saying the current arms deliveries are aimed at "prolonging the conflict."

"If the international community maintains its support,

can win," defended British Defense Minister Ben Wallace.

's strategy

is changing, and our support must change too," he added, stressing that the new weapons will allow Ukrainians "to better protect themselves against the brutal use of long-range artillery, which

's forces have used indiscriminately to raze cities."

's military support

for

has so far amounted to more than 750 million pounds (937 million dollars, 874 million euros).

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