2023-05-15 07:12:25
After visits to Rome, Berlin and Paris, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced talks in Great Britain. Zelenskyj announced on Twitter this morning that he would meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London this Monday. Meanwhile, Great Britain is once once more significantly expanding its military support for Ukraine.
A new package of arms deliveries includes hundreds of anti-aircraft missiles and hundreds of combat drones with a range of more than 200 kilometers, as the government in London announced on Monday. This would allow the unmanned missiles to reach targets on the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia.
“This material will assist Ukraine in its expected military push once morest Russian forces over the coming months,” the UK government said of the latest pledges. Britain is one of Ukraine’s biggest supporters. The British government announced that Selenskyj had arrived in Great Britain on Monday. He will meet Prime Minister Sunak at his official country estate, Checkers, northwest of London.
“This is a crucial moment in Ukraine’s resistance to a terrible war of aggression, which it neither chose nor provoked,” Sunak said, according to the statement. “She needs the sustained support of the international community to defend herself once morest the barrage of relentless and indiscriminate attacks that have been her daily reality for more than a year.”
Referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sunak said it was in the interest of the whole world that Ukraine was successful and that “Putin’s barbarism” was not rewarded. “That’s why the UK continues to support Ukraine – from tanks to training and ammunition to armored vehicles.”
Selenskyj was already in Great Britain in February and met, among other things, Ukrainian soldiers who were being trained there. Sunak announced at the time that Britain would be the first country to deliver longer-range missiles to Ukraine. According to information from the US broadcaster CNN, these Storm Shadow cruise missiles have now been handed over. London has so far turned down the request for a delivery of fighter jets, but is offering to train Ukrainian pilots.
“Britain is at the forefront of expanding our capabilities on the ground and in the air,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram on Monday. “This cooperation continues today. I will meet my friend Rishi. We will have substantive negotiations, personally and with our delegations.”
During visits to Berlin and Paris, Selenskyj had repeatedly insisted on the delivery of fighter jets. Both German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron reacted cautiously. However, Zelenskyy thanked Germany and France for their military support.
After talks in Rome on Saturday, the Ukrainian President made his first visit to Germany since Russia began invading Ukraine. In Berlin, Selenskyj met Chancellor Scholz on Sunday. Subsequently, Selenskyj and the Ukrainian people were awarded the Charlemagne Prize in Aachen for their services to the unity of Europe. Surprisingly, Selenskyj then traveled on to Paris, where he met Macron – it was his second visit to France since the beginning of the war.
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