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UK announces urgent new air defence package for Ukraine worth over half a billion pounds

New half a billion pound package of air defence for Ukraine, including £150 million for NATO PURL , and additional 1,000 UK-manufactured missiles. Press release From: Ministry of Defence and The Rt Hon John Healey MP Published 12 February 2026 The UK has announced it will urgently provide new air defence missiles and systems worth over £500 million to protect Ukraine from Putin’s brutal attacks on energy sites and homes, as the Defence Secretary co-chairs the 33rd meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group today (12th February 2026) at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.   The Defence Secretary will confirm that the UK will for the first time provide £150 million to the NATO Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List ( PURL ) initiative, which ensures the rapid delivery of air defence interceptors to defend Ukraine’s skies. The PURL initiative sees NATO coordinating the purchase of world-class defence equipment from the United States for the defence of Ukraine.  At the same time...
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Ukrainian Olympian Is Disqualified Over Helmet With Images of War Dead

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Olympic officials had told Vladyslav Heraskevych that the helmet, featuring images of Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia, violated the Games’ ban on political speech. Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified for wearing a helmet to commemorate athletes who were killed in the war with Russia. Credit... Richard Heathcote/Getty Images By  Victor Mather  and  Tariq Panja Tariq Panja reported from Milan. The New York Times , Feb. 12, 2026 Updated  7:01 a.m. ET; see also A Ukrainian athlete was disqualified from the Winter Olympics in Italy on Thursday because he had planned to wear  a helmet commemorating countrymen  killed in the war with Russia. Olympic officials had told the athlete, Vladyslav Heraskevych, that the helmet violated the Games’ prohibition on political speech. Mr. Heraskevych, who competes in skeleton, a sledding event on an ice track, had said this week that he planned to race with the helmet anyway. Moments before the co...
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