# UK, France ‘re-announce’ anti-missile technology for Ukraine: ‘None will be online for years’

https://mins.news/en/item/30861

- France 24, 2026-08-24 18:16 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260824-uk-france-re-announce-anti-missile-technology-for-ukraine-none-will-be-online-for-years

> Former military intelligence officer Frank Ledwidge says the latest European commitments to Ukraine are largely political symbolism and fail to address Kyiv’s most urgent need: air defence. Ukraine requires interceptors against Russian ballistic and hypersonic missiles, while its defence industry and civilian energy infrastructure remain exposed as winter approaches.

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