UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK will step up aid to Ukraine and provide artillery systems at a time in which the conflict “is in a very perilous stage”, - writes BBC.

Speaking in the House of Commons after a video call with Western allies, Johnson said that it is “vital that we don’t allow Putin to gain momentum” in the eastern Donbas region.

“That’s why we are stepping up our supply of military hardware of the kind that the Ukrainians particularly need now”, he said, adding that the war has become “an artillery conflict”.

“That is what we are giving them, in addition to many other forms of support”, he added.