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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aletha Adu in The Hague

Starmer to give missiles to Ukraine paid for with £70m interest on Russian assets

Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy with Interflex troops at 10 Downing Street
Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy at 10 Downing Street on Monday. Photograph: Simon Dawson/No 10 Downing Street

Keir Starmer has announced a fresh package of military aid for Ukraine – this time paid for using the UK’s interest haul from frozen Russian assets.

The UK will send 350 advanced air defence missiles, built in Britain and adapted in record time for ground launch, using £70m of interest raised through the government’s extraordinary revenue acceleration (ERA) scheme. The move marks the first time the UK has used Russia-linked funds to directly bankroll weaponry for Kyiv.

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