The United Kingdom is taking steps to fortify its security as tensions continue to grow between Russian forces and Ukrainian troops. On Sunday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the UK was upping its defense spending by $6 billion to "fortify" against threats from Russia and China. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces said late Sunday that Russian forces had suffered 1,090 fatalities in the war with Ukraine, which could be the deadliest day of the conflict since it began over a year ago.

The UK's increased defense spending will be used to purchase new ammunition, modernize the UK's nuclear submarine program and finance the 'next phase' of AUKUS: a security pact between the UK, US and Australia. The pact's details will be unveiled Monday by UK, US and Australian leaders at a joint news conference.

British leaders have identified both Russia and China as hostile