The UK will provide air defense missiles and hundreds of long-range strike drones.

In the coming months, Great Britain will send hundreds of new attack drones to Ukraine with a range of over 200 km, the British government said in a statement.

In addition, in the summer Britain will begin training Ukrainian pilots under a special program designed to transition Ukraine to F-16 aircraft. The UK government added that the exercises will occur in parallel with “Great Britain’s efforts to cooperate with other countries on the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine”.

On May 15, During his visit to the UK, Zelenskyy said that the negotiations between the leaders were about providing Ukraine with fighter jets.

Sunak, in turn, noted that his country is ready to play an active and crucial role in creating an aviation coalition. But he emphasized that it is not only about the provision of aircraft but also the training of pilots and the related material and technical support.