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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Michael Holden

Britain to send 14 of its main battle tanks, more weaponry to Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: British Sergeant Steve Guy (L) and Corporal Andy Porter keep watch out of a Challenger 2 tank from the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment on patrol in southern Iraq, April 2, 2003. REUTERS/HO/Angus Beaton/File Photo

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's office said late on Saturday that Britain would send 14 of its main battle tanks along with additional artillery support to Ukraine, disregarding criticism from the Russian Embassy in London.

A squadron of 14 Challenger 2 tanks will go into the country in the coming weeks and around 30 self-propelled AS90 guns, operated by five gunners, are expected to follow, the British prime minister's office said in a statement.

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