<p>London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday announced a new 1.6 billion pound ($2 billion) deal that would allow Ukraine to purchase 5,000 air-defence missiles using export finance.</p><p>Britain's Ministry of Defence said Thales will manufacture the lightweight-multirole missiles for Ukraine.</p><p>Thales said the missiles have a range of more than 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) and they can be fired from a variety of platforms on land, sea, and air.</p>.Russia praises Trump and scolds Europe for seeking to continue Ukraine war.<p>"This will be vital for protecting critical infrastructure now and strengthening Ukraine in securing the peace when it comes," Starmer told reporters at a summit in London.</p><p>Russia last week launched more than 200 drones in an overnight attack, in what Ukraine said was the largest such attack since the start of the war three years ago. </p>
<p>London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday announced a new 1.6 billion pound ($2 billion) deal that would allow Ukraine to purchase 5,000 air-defence missiles using export finance.</p><p>Britain's Ministry of Defence said Thales will manufacture the lightweight-multirole missiles for Ukraine.</p><p>Thales said the missiles have a range of more than 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) and they can be fired from a variety of platforms on land, sea, and air.</p>.Russia praises Trump and scolds Europe for seeking to continue Ukraine war.<p>"This will be vital for protecting critical infrastructure now and strengthening Ukraine in securing the peace when it comes," Starmer told reporters at a summit in London.</p><p>Russia last week launched more than 200 drones in an overnight attack, in what Ukraine said was the largest such attack since the start of the war three years ago. </p>