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The \u00a350m aid package includes 125 anti-aircraft guns, radars, and anti-drone technology to counter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/oct\/18\/iran-agrees-to-supply-missiles-as-well-as-drones-to-russia\">Iranian-supplied drones<\/a> used by Russia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Kingdom<a href=\"http:\/\/UK to provide 1,000 more air defence missiles to Ukraine\"> announced<\/a> earlier this month that it would send 1,000 new anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits President Zelenskyy in Ukraine\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RuktdUa_Dyo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Sunak said it was &#8220;deeply humbling&#8221; to visit Kyiv and promised that the UK would continue to stand by Ukraine. President Zelensky thanked the British Prime Minister for his help following the meeting, adding: &#8220;Since the first days of the war, Ukraine and the UK have been the strongest of allies&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RishiSunak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RishiSunak<\/a>. With friends like you by our side, we are confident in our victory. Both of our nations know what it means to stand up for freedom \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9oFfswxp3K\">https:\/\/t.co\/9oFfswxp3K<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Volodymyr Zelenskyy \/ \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1593965334259802114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia launched several missile attacks against Ukraine this week, days after Russian troops withdrew from Kherson &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ukrainian-forces-move-into-key-town-north-of-kherson-11667991035\">only regional capital<\/a> they managed to seize since the beginning of the war. 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