BIRMINGHAM, England 

The defense ministries of the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands and the US announced on Thursday that they are partnering together to deliver high priority air defense equipment to Ukraine.

The statement said the deliveries will be addressing Ukraine’s most urgent air defense requirements “as Russia continues its brazen missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian cities.”

With the initiative, the group has planned to deliver hundreds of short and medium range air defense missiles and associated systems required to protect Ukraine’s critical national infrastructure and further ensure the success of counter-offensive operations in coming months.

“Delivery of the equipment has already begun and should be complete within several weeks.”

The initiative was announced ahead of the June 15 meeting of the US-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) in Brussels, Belgium. The UDCG brings together some 50 nations providing a variety of military support to Ukraine.