Boris Johnson has met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv today in a surprise visit, after travelling to the capital late on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A picture shared by Ukrainian officials showed the pair sitting across the table from each other, their respective flags on the far side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Details of the meeting had not been made public prior to the image’s release. The Embassy of Ukraine to the UK was one of the first to share the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A No 10 spokesman later said the Prime Minister was using the visit to set out a new package of financial and military aid which comes the day after he announced a further \u00a3100 million worth of UK military assistance for Kyiv’s forces, including anti-tank and anti-aircraft weaponry and so-called ‘suicide drones’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ukraine’s presidential aide Andriy Sybiha wrote on Facebook: ‘Boris Johnson’s visit in Kyiv began just now with a tete-a-tete meeting with President Zelensky. The UK is the leader in the defence support of Ukraine,’ he added, describing Johnson as ‘the leader of the anti-war coalition. The leader of sanctions on the Russian aggressor.’<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Boris Johnson has met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv today in a surprise visit, after travelling to the capital late on Friday. A picture shared by Ukrainian officials showed … <\/p>\n