Kyiv’s strategic relationship with London echoed by widely-held sense of British as ‘a brotherly people’
The speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle , and speaker of the House of Lords, Lord McFall, welcome Volodymyr Zelenskiy to parliament on Wednesday.The speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle , and speaker of the House of Lords, Lord McFall, welcome Volodymyr Zelenskiy to parliament on Wednesday.Last modified on Wed 8 Feb 2023 21.55 GMT
This is only Zelenskiy’s second trip abroad since Russia’s full-scale invasion almost a year ago. It demonstrates that the UK is considered by Kyiv to be Ukraine’s closest partner in Europe and an indispensable ally. Sunak is promising new military assistance to Kyiv, in the shape of further training for Ukrainian soldiers and fighter jet pilots.
Zelenskiy’s trip underscores the importance of British security assistance to holding the line. And it acknowledges Britain’s ability to persuade other nations to follow suit. Last month the UKA squadron of Challenger 2 tanks with armoured recovery and repair vehicles are on their way. Since 2020, the UK has trained Ukrainian soldiers, held joint paratrooper drills and helped revamp the ports of Ochakiv and Berdiansk, the latter on the Sea of Azov now occupied by Russia. The UK is the third biggest donor of military and economic aid, after the US and Germany, and it is home to about 158,000 Ukrainian refugees.
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