British Defense Minister Says $35 Billion In Military Aid To Ukraine
- 12.02.2026, 23:58
The funds have already been received by Kiev.
Participants of the contact group in the Ramstein format agreed at the end of their meeting on February 12 to allocate additional military aid to Ukraine for $35 billion, British Defense Minister John Healey said at the final press conference.
"We will increase military aid to Ukraine. We will increase pressure on Russia. And we want 2026 to be the year of the end of this war, the year of peace," Healy said.
Ukraine's Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov said that contact group participants have already provided Kiev with $35 billion, and announced aid for another $3 billion.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said after the Ramstein meeting that the FRG would take part in strengthening Ukraine's air defense. "This is one of the priorities of our support. Germany has already handed over five of its 12 Patriot systems, that is more than a third. We are also constantly supplying guided missiles and ammunition of various types," the head of the ministry said.
He said Germany would also be able to supply Ukraine with five additional Patriot PAC-3 interceptor missiles "if other partner countries donate a total of 30 PAC-3 units."
Fedorov, for his part, assured that most of the funds given to Ukraine will go to air defense systems, drones, development of UAV assault units, Deep Strike assets and drone interceptors.
On the same day, February 12, Healey said that Britain would give Ukraine £500 million (about $680 million) for "urgent air defense." The British Defense Ministry said that the country plans to supply Ukraine with 1,000 Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM, Martlet) missiles.
The day before, on February 11, the British defense ministry announced the allocation of £150 million for the purchase of American weapons for Ukraine under the PURL (Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List) program. This was announced by Healey, Politico reports. London has become the latest ally to join the initiative so far.