On first international trip, Britain's Truss pledges Ukraine support

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Liz Truss leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Liz Truss will pledge at a UN summit to meet or exceed the 2.3 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) of military aid spent on Ukraine in 2022 in the next year, doubling down on her support for Kyiv after Russia's invasion.

Truss, on her first international visit as prime minister, will call on other leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York to help end Russia's energy stranglehold on Europe, saying it has allowed too many lives to be "manipulated".