UK Pledges An Extra £1bn In Military Support

The UK will provide an additional £1bn in military aid for Ukraine, a near-doubling in its support for the fight against the Russian invasion. <br />The new funding takes the military aid given to Kyiv to £2.3bn - and the UK has also spent £1.5bn in humanitarian and economic support for Ukraine. <br />Boris Johnson says British spending was transforming Ukraine's defences. <br />The UK governmnet says the new £1bn is set to come from departmental underspends plus £95 million from the Welsh and Scottish governments' budgets.