The UK defence minister Ben Wallace announced further military assistance to Ukraine on Thursday, in the form of 600 Brimstone missiles, in addition to, a package earlier this week which would see the UK provide Ukraine with three batteries of AS-90 155 long-range deep dire artillery and a squadron of Challenger 2 main battle tanks. The missiles would be ‘incredibly important in helping Ukraine dominate the battlefield,’ said Ben Wallace at a press conference in Tapa military base in Estonia with defence ministers from Baltic and East European countries.
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