As The National Interest reported back on February 21, 2025, the United Kingdom has begun supplying the Gravehawk air defense system to Ukraine, and the Ukrainians were quite enthusiastic about this new gift. Their excitement is understandable; the highly cost-effective weapon system allows Ukraine to repurpose its existing stockpile of leftover missiles from the Cold War without requiring complex logistics or the production of new weaponry. Thus, the Gravehawk delivers proverbial “bang for the buck” (or “hellfire for the Hryvnia“ if you prefer). 

In addition, we noted that Britain’s provision of the Gravehawk to Ukraine was just one part of the package: His Majesty’s Government committed to supplying Ukraine with a 4.5 billion GBP (equivalent to $5.68 billion) military aid package, which includes additional air-to-air missiles, tanks, and artillery, along with 10,000 drones and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition.

We shall now report on additional developments in British-Ukrainian military ties. 

Doubling Down On Air Defense

Fast forward to March 2, 2025, and, as reported by Jacob Burg of The Epoch Times, British prime minister Keir Starmer declared during a security summit in London that Europe must continue to provide funding for Ukraine to sustain its position during peace negotiations, while also committing to roughly $2 billion (2.58 billion GDP) in export financing to supply Ukraine with 5,000 air defense missiles. It’s not quite clear from Burg’s article if this 2.58 billion GBP figure........

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