The UK and the EU have pledged more financial support to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia and rebuild after the conflict, as British prime minister Boris Johnson met Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
On a previously unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital on Saturday, Johnson said Zelensky had achieved “the greatest feat of arms of the 21st century” by resisting Russian forces and praised Ukraine for “defying the odds”.
He said the UK would send Ukraine 120 armoured vehicles, anti-ship missile systems and provide further economic support, and accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of war crimes in the Ukrainian territories that Moscow’s troops had overrun.