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• UK providing 拢60 million to NATO Comprehensive Assistance Package, bringing UK contribution to more than 拢80 million
• NATO Ministers agree new UK-based Maritime Centre to support the security of undersea infrastructure
• Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is in Brussels with NATO counterparts where the expansion of the ammunition warehousing project was agreed

An additional 拢60 million of funding from the UK to (CAP) has been announced by the Defence Secretary, bringing the UK鈥檚 total contribution to over 拢80 million since February last year.

皇冠体育app CAP is the way that NATO鈥檚 support to Ukraine has been organised since 2016, and the funding supports a wide range of capacity-building programmes that are focused on key areas including cyber and logistics.

皇冠体育app package provides secure communications; combat rations, fuel, medical supplies; body armour; winter clothing and equipment to counter mines and chemical and biological threats.聽皇冠体育app UK and NATO allies continue to deliver on a shared and unwavering commitment to support Ukraine.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said:

皇冠体育app international community is working together to secure a stable Europe including our critical infrastructure, and to support Ukraine.

This new contribution for NATO鈥檚 Ukraine fund is part of our ongoing commitment to provide Ukraine with the equipment and training it needs.

皇冠体育app funding from the UK is in addition to the extensive and ongoing bilateral support that the UK is providing Ukraine, and initiatives such as the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU). Earlier this week, the UK announced two significant air defence support packages with allies and partners.

皇冠体育app 拢60 million contribution to the CAP was announced by the Defence Secretary at a meeting of NATO Defence Ministers in Brussels. 皇冠体育app meeting of the 31 NATO members focused on European security and stability, and Ministers agreed to establish a new Maritime Centre for the Security of Critical Undersea Infrastructure at NATO Maritime Command in the UK.聽This new centre is part of a long term plan for the alliance to better secure critical undersea infrastructure.

皇冠体育app centre will result in better coordination between allies and with industry to share expertise, creating a NATO-wide picture of the threat and best way to tackle the challenges including聽best practice and聽innovative technologies, such as the UK鈥檚 two Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ships 鈥� the first of which, HMS Proteus, is due to sail shortly.

皇冠体育app meeting also saw (MAWI) partners (Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and the UK) welcome four new nations to the project - Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany and Luxembourg.

MAWI is a NATO project that was established in 2021 to enable partners to explore opportunities for common stockpiling solutions, facilitate information sharing and develop minimum standards for ammunition warehouses. This will strengthen cooperation across allies in managing the storage of munitions and should result in lower costs and increase the availability of weapons.

皇冠体育app project will see a network of munition storage facilities that can host munitions in support of NATO鈥檚 multinational battle groups, including the UK-led group in Estonia.

During the NATO meeting, the Defence Secretary also reiterated the UK鈥檚 support to Sweden鈥檚 accession to the alliance, and held meetings with his counterparts from T眉rkiye, Canada, Greece, and Italy. He also met with Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Cavoli, and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Radford.

Before the meeting began on Thursday, the Defence Secretary and Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, attended the 13th Ukraine Defence Contact Group where the delivery of hundreds more air defence missiles was announced, following an agreement between Denmark, the Netherlands, the US and the UK.

皇冠体育app international community is committed to providing ongoing support to Ukraine - including equipment and training.