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​UK Deliver More AS90 Artillery Guns to Ukraine Than Planned

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AS90 self-propelled howitzer / Open source photo
AS90 self-propelled howitzer / Open source photo

The UK government has announced that it will hand over a batch of AS90 self-propelled artillery systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This will happen in the coming weeks, 10 self-propelled guns are already in Ukraine, six more will arrive soon

This is stated in the press release of the UK Ministry of Defense.

Thus, the Labor government led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer has exceeded the promise it made after the election in Great Britain on July 4. Starmer then announced that 12 AS90s would be delivered to Ukraine within the first 100 days of coming to power.

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Currently, 10 AS90 Artillery Guns have already been delivered to Ukraine. They say, that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive 6 more in the coming weeks.

The British government also announced the creation of a new joint British unit of the Ministry of Defense and the Foreign Office in Ukraine, headed by Foreign Minister David Lammy and Defense Minister John Gealy, which will combine experience and help introduce a new nationwide approach to Ukraine.

UK Deliver More AS90 Artillery Guns to Ukraine Than Planned, Defense Express
The AS90 self-propelled artillery units / Open source photo

It will be recalled that earlier Defense Express wrote that the Armed Forces of Ukraine received the first 2S22 Bohdana: wheeled self-propelled howitzers, which were financed by Denmark.

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