Prime Minister Keir Starmer has hailed a “massive step forward” in British military assistance for opponents of Russia
The UK has announced it will begin joint production of military drones with Ukraine.
Speaking in London [in late June] after a meeting with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, British Prime Minister Kier Starmer hailed a “first of its kind” deal that represents a “massive step forward” in military assistance for Kiev. Zelensky described the development as “historic.”
Moscow has long described the UK as a key driver of the ongoing hostilities.
Neither leader disclosed specific details of the initiative, but both indicated that Ukrainian defense manufacturers stand to benefit from British battlefield technologies.
Zelensky was in the UK to meet with Starmer and speak at an event hosted by the Chatham House think tank [a CIA & MI6 front group]. Zelensky mentioned production of “long-distance drones” during his speech. One such kamikaze drone recently hit a residential tower near Moscow.
Russia has accused the UK of being directly involved in Ukrainian drone operations, particularly naval drone attacks targeting Crimea. Earlier [in June], Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted that Britain is also “100% involved” in Ukrainian intelligence operations, including those Moscow categorizes as acts of terrorism.
“It is obvious that all this is being done by the Ukrainian side, but it would have been helpless without the support... from the British,” Lavrov said.
In April, The Times reported that British troops have been present in Ukraine since 2022, the year the conflict escalated. The report stated British forces played a key role in deploying French-British Storm Shadow cruise missiles supplied to Kiev.
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who oversaw the UK’s early and extensive involvement in the conflict, has referred to the Ukrainian military as “our proxies” in interviews, as did some other Western former and current officials.
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