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The British Prime Minister and the President of Ukraine toured the Independence Square.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised yesterday, during a surprise visit to kyiv, to send armored vehicles and anti-ship missiles to Ukraine, a day after the bombing that left at least 52 dead at a Kramatorsk train station.
After a meeting with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, Johnson promised 120 armored vehicles and new missile systems against ships and described as “the greatest feat of the 21st century” the resistance against the invasion ordered more than six weeks ago by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.
“Thanks to the determined leadership of President Zelensky and the invincible heroism and courage of the Ukrainian people, Putin’s monstrous plans have been foiled,” Johnson was quoted as saying by his Downing Street services.
Johnson is the first head of state or government of the G7 advanced powers to visit Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion on February 24.
In a video published by the press service of the Ukrainian presidency, the two heads of state, who do not wear visible protections, can be seen walking through the streets of kyiv, where the country’s presidential administration is located.
Video: The Ukrainian Army recovers practically the entire outskirts of kyiv in a few days (El Confidencial)
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Surrounded by heavily armed soldiers, they headed to Kreschatyk Street, the main artery of the Ukrainian capital, where they greeted several onlookers.
Johnson and Zelensky headed to Independence Square, which was the scene of massive pro-European demonstrations in late 2013, which led to the fall of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014 and to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
For her part, the head of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, who yesterday visited Ukraine, announced from Warsaw that the global aid campaign for Ukrainian refugees or displaced people managed to raise 10.1 billion euros (11 billion dollars). ).
“The solidarity of countries, companies and people around the world brings some light in such dark hours,” he declared.
Studies carried out by the Ukrainian authorities after recovering the region of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian troops for more than a month, revealed that the soldiers entered the Red Forest, the most contaminated area as a result of the 1986 nuclear accident.
“They went to the Red Forest and brought radioactive material in their shoes. The radiation has increased here because this is where they lived,” Ukrainian military officer Igor Ugolkov told CNN.
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