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Foreign Secretary Liz Truss
THE British government’s plans to send armoured anti-aircraft vehicles to Ukraine risk escalating the war, peace campaigners warned today.
The Stormer vehicle, manufactured by British arms giant BAE Systems, launches Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles, which can be used to target planes and helicopters.
The provision of the missile launchers has not yet been officially confirmed, but Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is expected to make a statement on military assistance to Ukraine later this week.
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES
SOLOMON HUGHES explains how the PM is channelling the spirit of Reagan and Thatcher with a ‘two-tier’ nuclear deterrent, whose Greenham Common predecessor was eventually fought off by a bunch of ‘punks and crazies’
LIZ PAYNE condemns how Labour backs war in Gaza and Ukraine, and massive funding for Trident’s nuclear bombs, when billions are needed just to restore public services