What weapons are the UK and other countries giving Ukraine?

The UK says it volition proviso Ukraine with 650 much short-range missiles, to boost its defences against Russia.

The US has besides accrued its subject aid, with caller supplies of longer-range missiles, anti-tank weapons and artillery shells.

The UK's Ministry of Defence says it volition send Lightweight Multirole Missiles to Ukraine, to assistance it antagonistic rocket and drone attacks. The archetypal deliveries are expected by the extremity of 2024.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for Western nations to proviso much aerial defence systems pursuing a bid of Russian attacks connected cities specified arsenic Poltava and Kharkiv.

The US authorities stepped up its supplies of arms to Ukraine aft Congress approved a $61bn subject assistance bundle successful April. Before that, its arms supplies had dried up for respective months.

In the months earlier the US resumed its weapons supplies, Ukraine's equipped forces mislaid a batch of territory successful the eastbound of the country, mostly due to the fact that of a deficiency of artillery shells to cheque Russian advances.

Ukraine has besides been putting into enactment F-16 combatant jets it received from the West successful the summer.

The US has been the biggest arms supplier to Ukraine.

Between February 2022 and the extremity of June 2024, it delivered oregon committed weapons and instrumentality worthy $57bn (£43bn), according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy,, external a German probe organisation.

Germany gave Ukraine weapons and instrumentality worthy $11.3bn (£8.6bn), the UK $9.8bn (£7.4bn), Denmark $7.1bn (£5.4bn), and the Netherlands $4.9bn (£3.7bn).

However, Germany is readying to halve its planned subject assistance to Ukraine successful 2025, to astir $4.4bn (£3.3bn).

At the extremity of July, Ukraine's President Zelensky said its aerial unit had taken transportation of the archetypal batch of F-16 combatant jets from the West. He said galore much were needed.

Nato countries, including Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway, person pledged to springiness Ukraine 65 oregon much of the US-made planes, which they had been readying to discontinue from their aerial forces.

In August 2023, the US gave support for F-16s to beryllium sent to Ukraine. Since then, Western nations person been grooming Ukrainian pilots to alert them.

Phillips O'Brien, Professor of Strategic Studies astatine St Andrews University says: "Ukraine volition beryllium utilizing the F-16s mostly for defence against aerial attacks."

The US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies says they could yet beryllium fixed other roles, external, specified arsenic attacking Russian aerial defence systems, bid centres and proviso depots, and engaging Russian craft successful Ukrainian airspace.

Air defence systems

To antagonistic Russian drone and rocket attacks connected Ukraine's cities and infrastructure, Western nations person sent it respective types of aerial defence system.

These scope from the UK's short-range anti-aircraft weapon, Starstreak, to the Patriot rocket system.

Patriots are costly to run - one rocket costs astir $3m.

The US and Norway person besides provided the Nasams (National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System) for aerial defence, and Germany has offered the Iris-T.

Artillery and missiles

After Russia's retreat from Kyiv successful March 2022 - the period pursuing its penetration - the warfare became focused connected the eastbound of the country. Since then, artillery and missiles person been heavy utilized by some sides.

Western countries person sent Ukraine implicit 620 artillery guns, including the US-made M777 howitzer, according to the Kiel Institute, external.

They person besides fixed it 82 rocket systems including Himars and the M270 aggregate motorboat rocket system.

Ukraine has received long-range missiles specified arsenic Scalp from France and Storm Shadow from the UK.

The US has besides supplied Ukraine with the longest-range mentation of ATACMS - a ballistic rocket - which tin question 190 miles (300km). Before April 2024, it had lone provided a shorter-range version.

In July 2023, the US said it had supplied clump bombs to Ukraine to assistance dislodge Russian troops from antiaircraft positions.

These weapons, delivered mostly successful artillery shells, scatter aggregate bomblets, and are banned by much than 100 countries due to the fact that of the hazard they airs to civilians.

Tanks

In aboriginal 2023, Western nations agreed to nonstop tanks to Ukraine. It was hoped they would alteration its forces to breach Russian antiaircraft lines successful a counter-offensive.

The UK provided 14 Challenger 2s.

European nations person sent 104 German-made Leopard 2 tanks, according to figures from the Kiel Institute, external.

However, nary of this caller armour enabled Ukraine to marque a important breakthrough successful 2023.

Anti-tank weapons

Western countries archetypal responded to Russia's penetration successful February 2022 by supplying Ukraine with antiaircraft weapons to antagonistic the enemy's armoured brigades.

The US and UK supplied thousands of Javelin and Nlaw anti-tank missiles. These were considered important successful stopping the beforehand of Russian forces connected Kyiv.

Drones person been utilized extensively passim the war, for surveillance, targeting, launching missiles and arsenic "kamikaze" weapons.

Turkey supplied missile-firing Bayraktar TB2 drones astatine the commencement of the conflict, the US has provided "Switchblade" kamikaze drones, and respective countries person sent commercialized surveillance drones, specified arsenic the Chinese-made DJI Mavic 3.

In February 2024, the UK authorities said it would articulation a conjugation of countries supplying Ukraine with thousands of "first idiosyncratic view" drones, external, for reflection and people spotting.