UK Export Finance-backed £1.6bn financing for Ukraine's LMM air defence missiles
- Issuer or borrower
- Government of Ukraine (Thales UK supplier)
- Date
- 2 Mar 2025
- Amount
- £1.6bn
- US$ equivalent
- US$2.1bn
- Type
- Export credit
- Structure
- Loan underwritten by UKEF under Ukraine's £3.5bn country limit
- Purpose
- More than 5,000 Belfast-built Lightweight Multirole Missiles; contract placed by DE&S on Ukraine's behalf
- Country
- Ukraine / United Kingdom
Sources
- GOV.UK: Historic £1.6bn deal provides thousands of air defence missiles for Ukraine gov.uk · 2 Mar 2025
Checked against the documents above. Record DEF-2025-0003.
