UK pledges £2.26bn aid package to Ukraine
- 2 March, 10:48
The UK has announced a £2.26bn loan to Kyiv, which Ukrainian President Volydmyr Zelenskiy said will be used for weapons production.
The loan was announced during Zelenskiy’s meeting with UK Prime Minister Keri Starmer in London on Saturday.
Posting on X after the meeting, Zelensky wrote: "This loan will enhance Ukraine’s defence capabilities and will be repaid using revenues from frozen Russian assets. The funds will be directed toward weapons production in Ukraine. This is true justice - the one who started the war must be the one to pay.”
The loan will be paid back with revenues from frozen Russian assets.
Zelenskiy thanked the British government and people for rendering tremendous support from the very beginning of Russia’s full-fledged invasion three years ago. "We are happy to have such strategic partners and to share the same vision of what a secure future should look like for all,” Zelenskiy wrote.
The Ukrainian leader received a warm welcome by PM Steimer following the diplomatic row that erupted between him and Donald Trump during a White House meeting a day earlier.
