A senior British diplomat has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the UK will support Ukraine until it wins the war, after Moscow was outraged by London's decision to send tanks.

“The message we send to Putin — and, frankly, to anyone who wants to see it — is that we have committed ourselves to supporting the Ukrainians until they win,” said Foreign Secretary James.

“Putin needs to understand that we will have the strategic fortitude to stick with them until the job is done, and the best thing he can do to keep his soldiers alive is to acknowledge that,” he said at the Center..

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Cleverley, who will hold talks with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken later Tuesday, is visiting the United States and? Canada after the UK became the first country to grant Ukraine's request for Western heavy tanks.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his government will provide 14 Challenger 2 tanks.

European countries have previously supplied Kyiv with modernized versions of Soviet tanks, while the United States and France have pledged to use lighter versions, and Washington has sent Bradley armored vehicles..