“The UK will supply Ukraine with hundreds of thousands of rounds of artillery ammunition next year under a £250 million contract,” PM’s statement said.
this crisis intensifies. we will give the people of ukraine the arms, lethal arms, they need to defend their lives and livelihoods. reporter: u.s. lawmakers meeting in kiev with the ukrainian president, promising the american government will take steps to deter russia from invading. if russia crosses that border, if it ramps up the pressure on ukraine or europe, what do you want to see? about the possibility of invasion? if russia moves any further into ukraine, there s going to be significant, serious, unprecedented, crushing sanctions on russia from the united states. it s up to president putin now to decide. reporter: 100,000 russian troops massed near the ukraine border. t the kremlin threatening a military response. the kremlin denying it has plans
bumps and grand promises of u.s. support. on wednesday, secretary of state blinken visits kiev, but earlier this week a congressional delegation was here. i think vladimir putin has made the biggest mistake of his career. reporter: vowing more tough action in washington against russian aggression. we will impose crippling economic sanctions, but more important, we will give the people of ukraine the arms, lethal arms, they need to defend their lives and livelihoods. reporter: it certainly doesn t look deterred. these are the latest images of russia s live-fire military exercises near its border. where the latest ukrainian defense intelligence assessment obtained exclusively by cnn says russia has almost completed its military build up. the assessment says there are
instruments by procedure on the following hours. but the council has been given his assessment, his support, his political agreement for a package of support of ukrainian armed forces, for new sanctions, the diplomatic engagements in order to isolate russia, for measures support ukraine and the region and measures to counter disinformation. centuries of war in ukraine, and we want to do everything to support ukraine. we have decided to use our capacities to provide arms, lethal arms, legal assistance to the ukrainian army by a value of 415