The United Kingdom will lift defense spending to 2.5 percent of the GDP to 87 billion pounds (about $108 billion) a year by 2030, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced during a visit to Poland on Tuesday. 

"Today, I'm announcing the biggest strengthening of national defense for a generation," Sunak said.

The announcement followed Sunak's pledge to increase Britain's military support for Ukraine by 500 million pounds to take its total for this financial year 3 billion pounds.

(Cover: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (C), British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg meet at the Warsaw Armoured Brigade's base in Warsaw, Poland, April 23, 2024. /Reuters)