Five developments as UK sends Sky Saber missiles to Poland

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Good afternoon. Britain will deploy its Sky Saber missile system in Poland, Ben Wallace said during a visit to Warsaw.

The move is part of Nato efforts to beef up the security of its eastern flank in view of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Elsewhere, a so-called “deepfake” video of the Ukrainian president telling his people to lay down their weapons has emerged online. In the footage, a digitally manipulated image of Mr Zelensky said his army has “failed”, and that Ukrainians should surrender.

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1. UK to deploy Sky Saber missile system to Poland

The UK will send an additional 100 troops and deploy the Army’s Sky Saber air-defence missile system to Poland, Ben Wallace, the defense minister, confirmed during a visit to Warsaw on Thursday.

Delivered to the British Army last year, Sky Saber is an advanced surface-to-air missile system that can destroy fighter jets and multiple incoming missiles. Its developers claim it can hit an object the size of a tennis ball traveling faster than the speed of sound.

Speaking after a meeting with Mariusz Blaszczak, his Polish counterpart, Mr Wallace said it was vital “to guarantee the security of Polish air space from any further aggression by Russia.”

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