UK announces $620 million in new military aid for Ukraine, plan to up own defense spending

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg address a press conference at the Warsaw Armoured Brigade in Warsaw, Poland, April 23, 2024.

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Tuesday that the country is to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade.