‘We hit a tank… thanks to gifts from the Queen’: Ukrainian soldier hails Her Majesty after destroying Russian armoured vehicle with British-supplied missile
- A Ukrainian soldier thanked ‘Her Majesty The Queen’ for a British missile.
- The UK has sent 3,615 NLAWs to Ukraine in recent months to help their war effort
A Ukrainian soldier thanked ‘the gifts from Her Majesty The Queen’ after destroying a Russian tank with a British-supplied missile.
The soldier, from the Sumy region, thanked the United Kingdom for sending weapons – including the NLAW missile system – saying: ‘Give us more toys like these and there will be more destroyed tanks.’
Royal tribute: The grateful Ukrainian who thanked the Queen for anti-tank weapons
In the clip, posted by US broadcaster CBS News, the soldier says that civilians also want to use the missiles but ‘we cannot give NLAW to every Ukrainian, though we would like to’.
The soldier, dressed in a camouflage uniform and black vest, stood among the wreckage of the burned-out Russian tank.
NLAWs – next generation light anti-tank weapons – are lightweight missiles designed to take out armoured vehicles with a firing range of more than half a mile.
The UK has sent 3,615 NLAWs to Ukraine in recent months.
The UK has sent 3,615 NLAWs to Ukraine in recent months.
While details of the use of Western equipment in action are unreliable, reports suggested that NLAWs helped stop Russian advances in some areas.
The video comes as Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced plans yesterday for the UK to send Starstreak anti-aircraft weapons and a ‘small consignment’ of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine as forces there prepare to defend the capital Kyiv.
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