France, UK Expand Ukraine Missile Support After Kryvyi Rih Attack Kills 16
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Updated · CNBC · Aug 23
France, UK Expand Ukraine Missile Support After Kryvyi Rih Attack Kills 16
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Aug 23
Summary
France, Britain and Germany co-chaired a Coalition of the Willing meeting on Monday to step up military backing for Kyiv after a Russian drone strike on a Kryvyi Rih shopping mall killed at least 16 civilians.
France has already promised additional interceptor missiles, while Britain cleared MBDA to share classified data on British SCALP components so the long-range missile can be assembled in Ukraine.
Andy Burnham traveled to Kyiv on his first foreign trip as UK prime minister and was due to meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the hybrid talks, held on the 35th anniversary of Ukraine's independence.
The meeting is also examining ways to cut Russia's war resources and curb Moscow's shadow fleet, extending work launched at the anti-ballistic missile coalition's first session in Paris on July 13.
The Kryvyi Rih attack injured 128 people, according to Ukrainian authorities and UN monitors, and was followed by further Russian and Ukrainian strikes as the Kremlin accused London of becoming a participant in the war.
With Western stockpiles nearly depleted, can Ukraine's risky gamble to build sensitive missile factories on its own soil survive relentless Russian bombardment?
As European leaders prepare a post-ceasefire reassurance force, what secret security guarantees are actually being promised to Kyiv behind closed doors?
Why is the Coalition of the Willing quietly shifting from donating weapons to establishing highly classified missile assembly lines directly inside a warzone?