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On Wednesday, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky made a astonishment travel to the UK to talk successful Westminster Hall and conscionable King Charles astatine Buckingham Palace.
Image source, Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shared a lukewarm clasp with Mr Zelensky erstwhile helium arrived astatine Stansted Airport (above).
The 2 leaders waved extracurricular Downing Street, earlier heading inside.
Image source, Simon Walker / No 10 Downing Street
Mr Sunak past headed to the Commons for the play Prime Minster's Questions.
In his opening words, helium said helium was "delighted" that Mr Zelensky was visiting the UK.
He said it is "testament to the unbreakable friendship" betwixt the UK and Ukraine.
Later on, Mr Zelensky met Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Speaker of the House of Lords, Lord McFall (above and below).
Mr Zelensky signed the guestbook astatine Speaker's House successful the Palace of Westminster.
He besides met Sir Keir Starmer, person of the Labour Party.
Mr Zelensky arrived connected signifier successful Westminster Hall and was met with rapturous applause.
Sir Lindsay introduced Mr Zelensky and reflected connected an day beverage the brace shared successful October 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Little did we cognize our narration would turn successful specified turbulent times," Sir Lindsay said.
He spoke astir the archetypal speech, made virtually, by Mr Zelensky to the Commons past March, describing the ambiance arsenic "electrifying".
He said Parliament was "honoured you enactment yourself astatine hazard to code us" successful idiosyncratic connected Wednesday.
Mr Zelensky past spoke successful English and said helium was determination to correspond Ukrainian warriors, "on behalf of our warfare heroes who are successful the trenches protecting Ukraine against force missiles".
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Mr Zelensky thanked the UK for providing instrumentality to his soldiers and grooming for those connected the beforehand line, and said the UK has been lasting with Kyiv "since time one".
The person past presented Sir Lindsay with a Ukrainian combatant pilot's helmet.
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The aviator it belonged to is "one of the astir palmy aces, and he's 1 of our kings", Mr Zelensky said.
The penning connected the helmet reads "we person freedom, springiness america wings to support it".
The president past travelled to Buckingham Palace to conscionable King Charles.
The 2 men were pictured lasting unneurotic arsenic the King held an assemblage with the Ukrainian president - the archetypal clip they had met successful person.
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