The UK has announced a £2.26 billion loan to help Ukraine fight Vladimir Putin's forces, funded by profits on frozen Russian assets.The money is the UK's contribution to a 50 billion dollar (£38.39 billion) loan package agreed by the G7 group of nations financed through the interest on sanctioned Russian sovereign assets.The money could be used to fund air defence, artillery or other military equipment and comes on top of the UK's existing £3 billion-a-year support for Ukraine.

The UK has announced a £2.26 billion loan to help Ukraine fight Vladimir Putin's forces, funded by profits on frozen Russian assets.The money is the UK's contribution to a 50 billion dollar (£38.39 billion) loan package agreed by the G7 group of nations financed through the interest on sanctioned Russian sovereign assets.The money could be used to fund air defence, artillery or other military equipment and comes on top of the UK's existing £3 billion-a-year support for Ukraine.