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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Sunak urges Europe to use weapons stockpiles to help Ukraine war

Rishi Sunak speaking at the Munich security conference in Germany.
Rishi Sunak told the Munich security conference in Germany that the war in Ukraine was at an inflection point. Photograph: Johannes Simon/Getty Images

European countries should stop hoarding weapon stockpiles and give them to Ukraine to allow Kyiv to make a decisive assault, Rishi Sunak has told the Munich security conference.

The British prime minister said Ukraine needed more ammunition, air defence, heavy armoury and longer range weapons, amid frustration in London and Kyiv that some European powers are refusing to hand over arms on the basis they cannot afford to reduce their own defences.

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