British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met this Saturday in kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky, in a surprise visit designed to show “solidarity” with the country that has been facing an invasion by Russian troops for six weeks.
Jonhson went to Ukraine “to meet personally with President Zelensky, in a gesture of solidarity with the Ukrainian people” and with the intention of “presenting a new financial and military aid package” to this Eastern European country, said a spokesman for the British Prime Minister.
Shortly before, a member of Zelensky’s cabinet posted a photo on Facebook showing Johnson dressed in a dark suit, sitting across from Zelensky, wearing the khaki sweater he has worn in public appearances since the start of the war. war.
“Britain leads military support for Ukraine, leads the anti-war coalition, leads sanctions once morest the Russian aggressor,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Andriy Sybiha wrote.
On Friday, Zelensky received the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
Von der Leyen went together with the head of diplomacy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, and the head of the Slovak government, Eduardo Heger, to the town of Bucha, near the Ukrainian capital, where dozens of bodies appeared in civilian clothing. following being occupied by Russian troops for weeks.
Johnson is the first head of state or government of the G7 powers to travel to kyiv since the beginning of the invasion on February 24. That group of advanced economies is made up of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Japan.
