KYIV -Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made his first go to to Kyiv on Saturday, pledging to proceed the agency assist for Ukraine that was a spotlight of his predecessors, and offering a brand new air defence bundle to assist shoot down Russian drones.
“Britain is aware of what it means to combat for freedom,” Sunak mentioned on Twitter. “We're with you all the way in which.”
Sunak mentioned in an announcement that Britain would offer a brand new 50 million pound ($60 million) bundle that features anti-aircraft weapons and expertise corresponding to radar to counter drone assaults. Britain additionally mentioned it will enhance the coaching it offers to Ukraine’s armed forces.
“Whereas Ukraine’s armed forces reach pushing again Russian forces on the bottom, civilians are being brutally bombarded from the air,” Sunak mentioned in his assertion.
“We're as we speak offering new air defence, together with anti-aircraft weapons, radar and anti-drone gear, and stepping up humanitarian assist for the chilly, laborious winter forward.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy posted a video on Saturday of the 2 assembly in Kyiv, and he welcomed the continued assist from London.
“With mates such as you by our facet, we're assured in our victory. Each of our nations know what it means to face up for freedom,” Zelenskiy tweeted.
Sunak, a former finance minister, took workplace final month following the short-lived premiership of Liz Truss. She and her predecessor Boris Johnson had each made public assist for Ukraine an vital a part of their agenda, a pledge that Sunak has maintained.
Russia has more and more focused Ukrainian power infrastructure with lengthy vary assaults since final month, together with utilizing what Kyiv says are Iranian-made drones, for which Ukraine has sought air defences from the West.
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