The vehicles will start to arrive in eastern Ukraine “in the coming days,” along with a logistics team tasked with dispatching them as quickly as possible, the U.K.’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said in a statement.
Johnson’s political opponents criticized the aid announcement as too little too late, and accused the embattled British leader of electioneering, as Brits prepare to cast their ballots in local elections Thursday.Those elections are seen, at least partly, as a referendum on Johnson after multiple domestic scandals. Opinion polls suggest that Johnson’s ruling Conservative Party is set to take heavy losses, and he could do with some good news right about now.
The Foreign Office said in its statement that the 13 armored vehicles Britain plans to donate to Ukraine are “They will also be used to transport officials from Ukrainian ministries to temporary command posts set up for government work,” the Foreign Office said.
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