Britain's government announced on Tuesday it was committing £100 million ($135 million) to boost Ukraine's air defense capabilities this winter, including with Patriot missiles. The UK will also supply "air defense interceptors, large-caliber artillery rounds and drones" as part of the contribution to a NATO program supporting Kyiv, the defense ministry said in a statement. Russian missiles and drones pounded Kyiv overnight, killing two people and sending smoke billowing above the Ukrainian capital, ending Moscow's temporary halt to strikes on the city. Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered the pause in attacks as US President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited the Russian and Ukrainian capitals at the weekend. "The moment the US president's peace envoys left, Putin launched another massive, horrific attack against Kyiv, damaging residential areas and killing at least two people," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said on social media, adding: "His ballistic missiles speak louder than his words on diplomacy."
