The UK will supply Ukraine with multiple-launch rocket systems to help the country defend itself against Russian long-range artillery attacks, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has announced.
The cutting-edge M270 weapon system can strike targets up to 50 miles (80 kilometers) away with “pinpoint accuracy” and will offer a “significant boost in capability” for the Ukrainian forces, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
The latest UK offer comes in response to requests from Ukrainian forces for longer range precision weapons in order to defend themselves from Russian heavy artillery, which has been used to devastating effect in the eastern Donbas region, the MoD said….