Britain continues to arm their commercial warfare proxies in Kiev

Editor's note: The British continue their commercial proxy war against Russia by supplying their terrorist cutout regime in Kiev with 10,000 British-made drones. Whatever the UK MoD promotes about UK defense industry and the ridiculous assertion "30 percent of Russia's Black Sea fleet has been laid to waste" is more idiocy. Russian military sources report shooting down over 50 drones within the past 24 hours. What this signifies for the UK weapons industry is the opportunity to sell and test out new drone technology. As always with the British capitalizing on war before Russia ends their SMO in Ukraine.

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Source: GOV.UK

UK to supply more than 10,000 drones to Ukraine

The announcement was made today by Defence Secretary Grant Shapps as he met President Zelenskyy in Kyiv

Ministry of Defence and The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP

7 March 2024

Britain steps up support to Ukraine today with a complete package of £325 million for cutting-edge drones to help fight Putin's illegal invasion.

The investment, which will deliver more than 10,000 drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces will harness the UK's world-leading defence industries to deliver advanced new drone capabilities to Ukraine throughout 2024.

The announcement was made today by the Defence Secretary during a visit to Ukraine, his third visit to the country. Accompanied by the Chief of the Defence Staff, he met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, where they reiterated their commitment to Ukraine.

In a significant boost to the £200m drone package announced by the Prime Minister in January, the now £325m overall funding commitment will deliver over 10,000 uncrewed platforms – the majority of which are first-person view (FPV) drones,1000 one-way attack drones which have been researched and developed in the UK, as well as surveillance and maritime drones.

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said:

"I am ramping up our commitment to arm Ukraine with cutting-edge new drones coming directly from the UK's world-leading defence industries – straight from the factory floor to the frontline. I encourage international partners to join the UK in this effort.

Ukraine's Armed Forces are using UK donated weapons to unprecedented effect, to help lay waste to nearly 30% of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

On my third visit to this great country, I was pleased to be able to offer my firm reassurance to President Zelenskyy on the UK's unwavering commitment to the brave people and military forces of Ukraine."

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have earned significant attention for their highly effective use of different types of drones – destroying and damaging thousands of pieces of Russian equipment and vehicles, using much cheaper systems. Highly manoeuvrable FPV drones, which allow the operator the ability to finely control the movements of the drone in real time, have been successfully used to bypass Russian air defences to hit their targets.

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This was Syria. The SAS have been in Ukraine since at least 2014:

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And the UK is not at war with Russia? Ever get the feeling this "war" has been protracted on all sides in secret negotiations through back channels to allow the weapons and munitions industries of these countries involved to build and test out new weapon systems?

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