UK to Step up Military Aid to Ukraine as Johnson Warns Putin is ‘Twisting the Knife’

UK to Step up Military Aid to Ukraine as Johnson Warns Putin is ‘Twisting the Knife’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson arriving for a Service of Thanksgiving for the life of the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London on March 29, 2022. Kirsty O’Connor/PA
Lily Zhou
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The UK will step up military aid to Ukraine as the eastern European country seeks to defend itself against a Russian invasion and regain territory, Downing Street suggested on Tuesday.

It comes as Downing Street warned Russian President Vladimir Putin is “twisting the knife in the open wound of Ukraine in an attempt to force the country and its allies to capitulate.”

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