After Putin Threats, UK Joins US In Offering Long-Range Weapons

Russian Artillery Attacks Erase Ukraine Gains In Sievierodonetsk

A day after Russia President Putin threatened to Western nations supplied Ukraine with long-range missile systems, Britain announced on Monday that it would join the US in providing the advanced weapons to help Ukraine hold off Russia's assault in the east. "As Russia's tactics change, so must our support to Ukraine," defence secretary Ben Wallace said in announcing that Britain would supply rocket systems that can hit targets up to 50 miles (80 km) away. President Biden said last week that the US would soon deliver a precision rocket system with a similar range, far beyond what Ukraine currently has in its arsenal, as the fighting in eastern Ukraine increasingly becomes an artillery war. President Zelensky and other top Ukrainian officials have pleaded for such weapons for months, but it could be weeks longer before they make an impact on the battlefield. Ukrainian soldiers must be trained to use the systems.