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Sunak announces raised defence spending, new Ukraine aid

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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is greeted by British Ambassador to Germany Jill Gallard (L) upon his arrival at the Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) in Schoenefeld, southeast of Berlin on April 23, 2024. [AFP]

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Tuesday announced additional funding for Ukraine and pledged to increase Britain's own defence budget, during a visit to the Polish capital Warsaw.

Sunak said Britain was giving PS500 million ($617 million) in additional military funding for Kyiv as he held talks with Polish premier Donald Tusk and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.

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