Britain will transfer several hundred thousand pieces of artillery ammunition to Ukraine in 2023, said th office of the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday evening.

The UK authorities have signed a contract worth £250 million ($304 million), which will ensure an uninterrupted flow of artillery ammunition to Ukraine next year. The British government has sent over 100,000 pieces of artillery ammunition to the Kiev authorities this year.

The new military supplies to Ukraine were announced by British authorities on the eve of the United Expeditionary Force summit to be held in Riga on Monday. According to Sunak's office, at the meeting, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom will urge his colleagues in 2023 at least to maintain the volume of assistance to Ukraine at the current level. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will take part in the summit in a remote format. It is pointed out that during the event, the leaders will discuss assistance to Ukraine in providing air defense.

Then Sunak will go to Estonia, where he will meet British servicemen deployed in the republic as part of a multinational NATO battalion. In addition, the British prime minister will hold talks with his Estonian counterpart Kaja Kallas: the sides will sign an agreement on partnership in the sphere of innovative technologies.