Britain is to supply long-range rocket artillery to Ukraine, despite a threat on Sunday from Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, to bomb fresh targets if similar weapons from the US were delivered to Kyiv.

The UK will send a handful of tracked M270 multiple launch rocket systems, which can hit targets up to 50 miles away, in the hope they can disrupt the concentrated Russian artillery that has been pounding cities in eastern Ukraine.

Ben Wallace, the UK defence secretary, argued the decision to ship the rocket launchers was justified because
“as Russia’s tactics change, so must our support to Ukraine”.

The move risks further provoking an already irritated Kremlin.

Before the British announcement, Putin told Rossiya state television that Russia would retaliate further if the US went through with the delivery of Himars rocket artillery that the White House promised last week.

“We will strike at those targets which we have not yet been hitting,” said the Russian leader, who has been closely involved with operational military decisions throughout the three months-plus of the war. He did not specify what those targets were.

In the small hours of Sunday morning, Russian cruise missiles struck a railway depot in the eastern Dniprovsky suburb of Kyiv. Ukraine said the strike hit a rail car repair works; Moscow said it had destroyed tanks sent by eastern European countries to Ukraine.

It was the first time anywhere in the capital has been hit for over five weeks. One person was hospitalised, and a plume of smoke rose and was visible from high points in the capital.

The UK, in conjunction with the US and other western nations, began the war by promising only to supply “defensive weaponry” to help Ukraine repel the Russian invasion.

But as Russia has made gains in the east and the south of the country, western countries have gradually sent more lethal arms.

London said it had been cooperating closely with Washington. The British announcement comes a few days after the US said it would send four similar truck-mounted Himars systems.

The US and UK systems are intended to be complementary. The ranges of both are far greater than any land weapons Ukraine currently has.

Like the US, the UK has sought assurances from Kyiv that the M270s would not be used to strike targets within Russia. A British defence source said the weapons will be used “to defend Ukraine, in Ukraine”. They added: “We have confidence that the weapons will be used appropriately.”

Britain did not say how many M270s it was sending, although the number is small and will be comparable to the US decision to send four Himars.

Ukrainian troops will be trained on how to use the launchers in the UK, the MoD added, and Kyiv’s forces will be supplied with the appropriate rockets “at scale”.

However, Putin said he believed the west’s goal was to prolong the war in Ukraine, which has now gone on for over three months, after the Russian president launched an unprovoked invasion on 24 February.

“All this fuss around additional deliveries of weapons, in my opinion, has only one goal: to drag out the armed conflict as much as possible,” Putin added.

Ukraine’s nuclear energy company, Energoatom, also warned on Sunday that a Russian cruise missile had come dangerously close to the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant, in the south of the country, at about 5.30am, apparently heading for Kyiv.

It said the missile “flew critically low” over the site and that Russian forces “still do not understand that even the smallest fragment of a missile that can hit a working power unit can cause a nuclear catastrophe and radiation leak”.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/06/uk-to-send-long-range-rocket-artillery-to-ukraine-despite-russian-threats

US and UK will never cave in to Putin's threats, he simply cannot hector these countries with blustering.

UK is also a nuclear armed country, Putin will think twice before engaging in any harebrained action

War war war, when are we going to be hearing only peace peace peace.

Let them send anything they like, infact we are not interested. we have our own national issue. 3rd world country no fit dey poknose for 1st class country matter. PANDO YAM NO BE POUNDED YAM

All these fake assurance of not hitting infrastructures in Russia.Ukraine must be forced by the West(behind the scene) to strike into Russia, let's wait and see.

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Ukraine should mistakenly fire that rocket to Ask Rock

Russia can't threaten USA. Putin need to get this to his head if to say his still alive.

God bless Biden,US/UK


Lightening strike putards online slaves

The us wants to escalate the war because they are cashing in on it.

The person encouraging this putin to continue this war should stop already, you can't defeat small Ukraine yet making empty threats against the US and UK. Shame will not let Putin and his co-horts Surrender.

No one has monopoly of destruction.


Missiles should land in Russia also.

This war needs to end now

Let the Uak send it first before making it a news. We all know that when war breaks out new war arsenal are tested.

Good one there.

Tired of the insecurity

Azsalami:
Let them send anything they like, infact we are not interested.
we have our own national issue.
3rd world country no fit dey poknose for 1st class country matter.
PANDO YAM NO BE POUNDED YAM

Abi oh.
Some of us de waste our time de concern ourselves with war for Ukraine when our own country de burn.
Putin this, Zelenskiy that, Biden no wear pant etc. Meanwhile, despite the war, those countries economy, currency still betta pass our own.
E bi like say true true naija youths no get work.

Oh foolish Ukrainians will you continue to allow these devilish westerners use you as a cannon fodder for their proxy war against Russia? At the end of the day who is gaining from all these madness going on in your country? Its these devils that would stand to gain massively and you will be left alone to lick your wounds and Russia isn't going away any time soon as they will still be looking over your shoulders for centuries to come so why all these. I cannot be used as a proxy for another man's war never!!!
The funny thing is these westerners are still secretly doing business with the Russians despite the sanctions here and there while the foolish Ukrainians think they west have got their backs. So who is going to pay for the destruction of lives and property when the dust settles? The west is just using Ukraine to fight a war they cannot allow on their territories.

I see…

Righteousness2 abi Uprightness100 never link this development to end times?

A breathe of fresh air perhaps

If any missile hit Russia, there'll be no more Ukraine again.

Freestainworld:
War war war, when are going to be hearing only peace peace peace.

Sometimes it is necessary, u can’t enjoy peace without destroying your enemies.
I pity those praying for their enemies, some group of people are attacking you and you say your religion does not encourage violence. Christians and southerners should learn to arm themselves heavily

And who's bleeding it out ? ask the Ukrainians if US, UK and EU proxy war with Russia is serving them well.

God1000:
US and UK will never cave in to Putin's threats, he simply cannot hector these countries with blustering.

Zelensky fled into his bunker after Russia bombed Kyiv yesterday, destroying tanks and armored vehicles delivered to Ukraine from Poland. At 1:21 in the video below, a Ukrainian man talking to the BBC blamed Ukraine for deploying soldiers beside residential buildings. He wants Ukraine to take its soldiers away from their homes so Russia can properly fire at the soldiers and their weapons.

Zelensky said Russia has fired 2,503 missiles into Ukraine since the war began. Putin said he'd send more to destroy the new weapons NATO is sending into Ukraine. That's the HIMARS we're talking about here.

The BBC video is 2:55 seconds long. Please Watch it.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG2C9C3ZvlM&lc=UgxOMN1ctL_mJdXBU-d4AaABAg.9bufig6K9G69bvUJ-1X4Pe

Putin should have bomberded where zelenzy is hidden and shooting his comedy everyday

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Freestainworld:
War war war, when are going to be hearing only peace peace peace.

Only in God's Kingdom.


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Stop the war.