UK boosts military aid to Ukraine as Zelenskyy prepares to visit London

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AI GeneratedThe UK is increasing its military and economic support for Ukraine, contrasting with a perceived decline in US support. Prime Minister Andy Burnham plans to accelerate the delivery of lightweight missiles for drone defense and implement further sanctions, while Finance Minister John Healey seeks an international ban on Russian LNG.
While support for Ukraine seems to be faltering
at the White House, in Westminster there are
plans to step that support up.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will
be visiting London.
And during that visit, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is expected
to announce that the delivery
of multi-use lightweight missiles will be sped up and
Ukraine uses those against Russian drones.
Burnham is also expected to pledge further
sanctions against Russia
and joining that call is the Finance Minister John Healey, he's expected
to urge allies in a series of IMF meetings
in Bangkok to ban Russian LNG, Burnham pledged that
the UK would go further
and faster to support Ukraine's fight, what he said Ukraine's courageous
fight for peace in Europe and that's a stark contrast to the US
which on Friday said it would
be lifting a ban on Russian diesel imports into the country.
Camille Nedelec, Al Jazeera, London.
