British Prime Minister’s go to follows UK pledge of extra subtle army gear to battle Russia.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, a shock go to to the war-scarred capital following the UK pledge to supply greater than $130 million in subtle weaponry to Ukraine on Friday.
The Ukraine embassy within the UK tweeted an image of the 2 leaders assembly with a one-word caption: “Shock”.
Andriy Sybiha, deputy head of the Ukrainian president’s workplace, additionally introduced the assembly in a Fb publish, saying the 2 had a “one-on-one assembly” in Kyiv.
Downing Avenue described Johnson’s go to as a “present of solidarity with the Ukrainian folks”, and stated the talks with the Ukrainian president would concentrate on long-term help for the nation and new monetary and army help.
Johnson introduced on Friday that the UK would ship extra Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles, 800 anti-tank missiles, and different “high-grade army gear” value $130 million to help the Ukrainian military’s battle towards Russia.
The prime minister linked a vicious assault on Kramatorsk practice station in japanese Donetsk area, the place not less than 52 folks had been killed on Friday by Russian bombing, to his newest pledge of army help to the Kyiv authorities.
Russia’s assault on the practice station “exhibits the depths to which [Vladimir] Putin’s once-vaunted military has sunk”, Johnson informed reporters alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who known as the Russian strike “atrocious”.
Johnson met the German chief at Downing Avenue as European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen and European Union international coverage chief Josep Borrell visited Ukraine.
President Zelenskyy known as for a “agency world response” to the missile assault on the station, which was crowded with ladies, kids and the aged.
Native officers estimate that about 4,000 folks had been gathered there on the time of the bombing.
Russia’s defence ministry denied duty for the assault, saying in an announcement the missiles that hit the station had been used solely by Ukraine’s army and that Russia’s armed forces had no targets assigned in Kramatorsk on Friday.
All statements by the Ukrainian authorities on the assault had been “provocations”, the ministry stated.
