UK pledges to send missiles to Ukraine as Russia warns of ‘unpleasant scenarios’

An elderly woman walks next to a building damaged by an overnight missile strike in Sloviansk (AP)

The UK has pledged to send sophisticated medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine, joining the United States and Germany in equipping the embattled nation with advanced weapons for shooting down aircraft and knocking out artillery.

Western arms have been critical to Ukraine’s success in countering Russia’s much larger and better-equipped military during the war, now in its 99th day.