Ukraine war: Rishi Sunak visits President Zelensky in Kyiv - BBC

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky successful his archetypal sojourn to Kyiv since taking office.

The gathering was held to "confirm continued UK support" for Ukraine, a No 10 spokesperson said.

"We discussed the astir important issues some for our countries and for planetary security," Mr Zelensky wrote connected Telegram pursuing the meeting.

"We are stronger and we volition execute the desired results," helium added.

Mr Sunak - who took bureau past period - said it was "deeply humbling" to beryllium successful Kyiv and pledged that the UK would proceed to basal by Ukrainians successful their fight.

During the gathering with Mr Zelensky, helium said the UK would supply a large caller bundle of aerial defence to assistance support Ukrainian civilians and the country's nationalist infrastructure from Russian strikes.

Ukraine has been requesting assistance from Western nations successful caller months amid aggravated Russian aerial attacks connected Kyiv and crossed the country.

The £50 cardinal bundle of defence assistance comprises 125 anti-aircraft guns and exertion to antagonistic deadly Iranian-supplied drones, including dozens of radars and anti-drone physics warfare capability.

It follows much than 1,000 caller anti-air missiles announced by the UK's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace earlier this month.

Earlier successful the week Russia deed Ukraine with 1 of its biggest barrages of missiles yet, days aft its troops were forced to retreat from Kherson.

Kyiv was deed and determination were strikes crossed the country, from Lviv successful the westbound to Chernihiv successful the north.

That onslaught coincided with the G20 acme successful Bali where, successful a virtual speech, Mr Zelensky said helium was "convinced present is the clip erstwhile the Russian destructive warfare indispensable and tin beryllium stopped".

Mr Sunak announced the UK volition besides summation the grooming connection to Ukraine's equipped forces, sending adept service medics and engineers to the portion to connection specialised support.

While successful Kyiv, the UK premier curate laid flowers astatine a memorial for the warfare dormant and lit a candle astatine a memorial for victims of the Holodomor famine, earlier gathering exigency workers astatine a occurrence station. Mr Sunak besides saw captured Iranian-made drones which person been utilized to people and weaponry Ukrainian civilians successful caller months.

"I americium arrogant of however the UK stood with Ukraine from the precise beginning. And I americium present contiguous to accidental the UK and our allies volition proceed to basal with Ukraine, arsenic it fights to extremity this barbarous warfare and present a conscionable peace," Mr Sunak said.

"While Ukraine's equipped forces win successful pushing backmost Russian forces connected the ground, civilians are being brutally bombarded from the air. We are contiguous providing caller aerial defence, including anti-aircraft guns, radar and anti-drone equipment, and stepping up humanitarian enactment for the cold, hard wintertime ahead," helium added.