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Defence Secretary John Healey <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The UK has announced the biggest ever drone package for Ukraine, delivering at least 120,000 drones for Ukraine this year and driving growth and jobs across the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes after the Defence Secretary travelled to Berlin on Wednesday\u00a0to co-chair the 34th\u00a0meeting of\u00a0the 50-nation strong\u00a0Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Berlin, alongside German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, Ukrainian\u00a0Minister of Defence\u00a0Mykhailo Fedorov,\u00a0and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new package, the largest of its kind ever supplied by the UK, will include thousands of long-range strike drones, intelligence and reconnaissance drones, logistics drones and maritime capabilities, which are all battle-proven on Ukraine\u2019s frontline. Deliveries of these new drones to Ukraine have already started this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drones are proving critical to both Ukrainian counterattacks across the frontline over the past months, as well as their defence against continued Russian attacks. Approximately 6,500 one-way attack drones were launched by Russia against Ukraine in March 2026, a significant increase on February\u2019s total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a boost to British business, the majority of this investment will be spent with UK-based companies, including Tekever, Windracers and Malloy Aeronautics – creating new UK jobs whilst defending Ukraine\u2019s security and sovereignty. The British drone sector is rapidly advancing, and supports both UK security and wider European deterrence, while driving skills and innovation in every region of the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defence Secretary John Healey MP said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the fifth year of Putin’s brutal war, the UK is stepping up further and providing the highest ever number of drones for Ukraine this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis big boost of battle-proven drones will give Ukrainian forces the capability they need to defend their people and fight back against Russian aggression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith eyes on the Middle East in recent weeks, Putin wants us to be distracted, but Ukrainians continue to fight with huge courage and nothing will distract us from continuing to stand with them for as long as it takes to secure peace.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new drone package is backed by the UK\u2019s wider \u00a33 billion military support for Ukraine this year, as well as ERA funding. The Defence Secretary will also confirm that the UK will be providing hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds and thousands of air defence missiles for Ukraine this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This follows the new world-leading defence partnership, agreed last month, that will see the UK and Ukraine work together to boost global defensive capability against the proliferation of low cost, high tech military hardware, including drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK continues to play a leading role in international support, with Healey convening and co-chairing the Ukraine Defence Contact Group alongside Germany, working closely with allies across NATO and beyond. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves is also expected to announce further support for Ukraine later today at a meeting of international finance ministers in Washington DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s announcement builds on the UK\u2019s recent \u00a3500 million air defence package announced in February at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That package included \u00a3150 million for NATO\u2019s Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative, enabling the rapid delivery of air defence interceptors, alongside the provision of more than 1,000 Lightweight Multirole Missiles manufactured in Belfast.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also supported a \u00a3390 million deal to boost collaboration between UK and Ukrainian industry, including the transfer of production and support for air defence systems to Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Defence Secretary John Healey <\/p>\n

The UK has announced the biggest ever drone package for Ukraine, delivering at least 120,000 drones for Ukraine this year and driving growth and jobs across the UK.<\/p>\n

It comes after the Defence Secretary travelled to Berlin on Wednesday to co-chair the 34th meeting of the 50-nation strong Ukraine Defence Contact <\/p>\n

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