Britain is to ship to Ukraine armoured motors capable of fire missiles towards invading Russian plane, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace stated on Monday.

Ukrainian forces had been the use of UK-donated Starstreak excessive pace and low speed missiles in opposition to Russian forces for over 3 weeks, he told parliament.

“We shall be gifting a small number of armoured vehicles fitted with launchers for those anti-air missiles,” Wallace said.

“These Stormer vehicles will give Ukraine forces enhanced short-range anti-air capabilities both day and night.”

Fears of escalating the conflict mean that NATO members including Britain are limited in what military hardware they can send to Ukraine.

The minister said that Britain’s assessment was that “approximately 15,000 Russian personnel have been killed during their offensive (and) over 2,000 armoured vehicles have been destroyed or captured”.

Over a quarter of the more than 120 battalion tactical groups Russia had committed to invading Ukraine “have been rendered not combat effective”, Wallace said.

He said Britain’s military contribution so far included 5,000 anti-tank missiles, five air defence systems with over 100 missiles and 4.5 tonnes of plastic explosives.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently said Britain would send 120 armoured vehicles to Ukraine, as well as anti-ship missiles.

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin stated on Monday that Ukraine can win the struggle against Russia if it has the “proper device”.

The bloody warfare has brought about an outpouring of aid from Western nations that has seen a deluge of weapons despatched to Ukraine to assist beat back the Russian invaders.