UK provides Ukraine with new military support package worth $65 million

This is reported by CNN, citing a Downing Street statement.

It is noted that the UK will announce a new major funding package for Ukraine, which will include additional ammunition and combat vehicles, as well as 50 million pounds (64.7 million dollars) to support equipment repairs and a new military rehabilitation center.

The UK also reported that on Wednesday, G7 partners are expected to agree on an international framework for Ukraine's long-term security measures. It will define how the allies will support Ukraine in the coming years to both end the war and respond to any future attacks.

"It is the first time that this many countries have agreed a comprehensive long-term security arrangement of this kind with another country," according to Downing Street. 

The British government's latest funding package will include:

• Additional rounds of Challenger 2 ammunition.

•  More than 70 combat and logistics vehicles, including Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked vehicles.

• The UK will also provide funding for a rehabilitation center to aid Ukrainian soldiers who have been injured in combat. 

“As Ukraine makes strategic progress in their counteroffensive, and the degradation of Russian forces begins to infect (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s front line, we are stepping up our formal arrangements to protect Ukraine for the long term," British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in the statement.  

• On June 13, the United Kingdom announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine worth more than €107 million at a meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) defense ministers.

• On July 11, the UK government ordered the defense company BAE Systems to produce 155-mm shells to replenish its own stockpile. They will replace those received by Ukraine