Britain announced the transfer of its defense industry to wartime mode.

RIA Novosti news agency quoted Polish news portal interia.pl as saying that at a brief meeting at the headquarters of the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that London would put the defense industry into a state of war.

Prime Minister Sunak explained that £10 billion will be allocated to support the UK's military-industrial complex. The money will be used to help British businesses "produce more, be better prepared to increase capacity and move to permanent production when required." Prime Minister Sunak assured that Britain will replenish its arsenal while supporting jobs across the country.

In addition, London plans to increase spending on research and development to at least 5% of the defense budget, invest more in building autonomous drones and set up a defense innovation agency.

Prime Minister Sunak also noted that Ukraine would be provided with military assistance "at the current level temporarily", as long as Kiev deemed it necessary.

Earlier on April 23, the British Prime Minister confirmed that London would provide Kiev with its largest aid package ever, worth 500 million pounds (more than 617 million USD), as well as 400 vehicles and thousands of weapons, including long-range cruise missiles Storm Shadow.

Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron expressed his disapproval of Prime Minister Sunak's policies. In March 2024, Foreign Secretary Cameron spoke out against the Ukraine peace initiative. According to the British diplomat, if London also supports negotiations to resolve the conflict along with supplying weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, "neither one nor the other will succeed."

The British Foreign Secretary described two possible scenarios in which Ukraine seeks to push Russia aside. In Cameron's view, only then can the West move towards a brighter future, with a stronger NATO. He believes that if not, Europe and the whole world will face great instability./.