Ukraine military aid boosted

The U.S. and UK approved new military aid packages for Ukraine as the war-torn country appealed for more firepower to fight Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest attacks


Military aid (Jan 24, 2022-Jan 15, 2024, € billion)	New aid

U.S.		42.2	57.1	99.3
Germany		17.7
UK		9.1	9.7
Denmark		8.4
Netherlands	4.4
Norway		3.8
Poland		3.0
Canada		2.1
Sweden		2.0
Finland		1.6
Czech Rep.	1.3
Estonia		0.9
Lithuania	0.8
Slovakia	0.7
Italy		0.7
France		0.6
Australia	0.5

Apr 23: U.S. Senate approves $61 billion (€57.10bn) in military aid for Kyiv. Aid includes air defence systems, mid- to long-range missiles and artillery shells

Apr 23: UK unveils extra £500 million (€581.52m) of military funding to Ukraine. Aid includes Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles


STORM SHADOW/SCALP
Built by MBDA

Wings extend after launch

Warhead: Blasts jet of hot metal through up to 5m of concrete. Bomb then separates from missile to penetrate target

Length: 5.1m
Mass: 	1,300kg
Speed: 	Mach 0.8
Range: 	Over 250km

Guidance system


Sources: Kiel Institute for the World Economy, MBDA
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