Zelensky calls UK's £10bn Ukraine financing "a truly strong and very timely step"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed new British assistance after speaking with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Britain said it would provide an additional £10 billion in financing for Ukraine over three years, including £500 million released immediately for air-defense systems; Chancellor John Healey announced the funding in the annual budget. The Dutch government also pledged €500 million in military support for the winter and €1.2 billion in non-military assistance, partly for emergency repairs to utilities and factories. The pledges came as Kyiv endures sustained Russian attacks. Zelensky said more than 100 ballistic missiles had struck the capital and surrounding region since mid-October, damaging electricity plants and other important sites.