UK PM Rishi Sunak confirms he will provide Challenger 2 tanks to support Ukraine

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirms UK to provide Challenger 2 tanks to support Ukraine. Sunak had earlier said that the West should work to degrade “Russia’s capability to regroup” as it continues its war of aggression in Ukraine, citing the drones that Iran has been providing to Moscow at a summit of the Joint Expeditionary Force in the Latvian capital Riga. Sunak had also underscored that economic consequences for Russia ”must continue to be severe.”

The UK.-led force is a group of 10 northern European nations designed to react more quickly in the event of threats like those now posed by Russia. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had also spoken by video link of the Iranian Shahed drones that Russia has been using to attack Ukraine, saying 34 were used in the latest nighttime attacks. “These are Shaheds from the new batch that Russia received from Iran; 250 units, that’s how many drones the terrorist state has now received. Russian missiles and Iranian drones are constantly used to strike,” Zelenskyy had said.