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UK to share Scalp missile blueprints with Ukraine

8/25/2026

Summary

Story summary

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham will travel to the U.S. in September to lobby President Donald Trump on Ukraine defence.
Burnham co-chaired the first ‘coalition of the willing’ meeting in Kyiv with Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Emmanuel Macron.
The United Kingdom will give Ukraine Scalp missile component blueprints to enable long-range production.
Kremlin adviser Andrei Fedorov warned UK drone factories could face ‘semi-military’ attacks from unknown sources.

History

Historical Context

In September 2024 a UK official went to Washington to ask former President Donald Trump for Scalp missile blueprints for Ukraine, recalling NATO’s habit of arming Kyiv after the 1999 Kosovo air campaign. That 1999 operation lasted 78 days and set a precedent for the alliance’s interventions, a pattern that intensified after Russia’s 2022 invasion and led to measures like the 2025 Operation Eastern Sentry.

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Story summary

U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham will travel to the U.S. in September to lobby President Donald Trump on Ukraine defence.
Burnham co-chaired the first ‘coalition of the willing’ meeting in Kyiv with Presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Emmanuel Macron.
The United Kingdom will give Ukraine Scalp missile component blueprints to enable long-range production.
Kremlin adviser Andrei Fedorov warned UK drone factories could face ‘semi-military’ attacks from unknown sources.

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