Kyiv/London: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met King Charles in Britain on Monday and is due to meet Prime Minister Keir Starmer later during a short visit designed to discuss Ukraine’s defence and how to put additional pressure on Russia.
Zelenskyy met King Charles at Windsor Castle ahead of political meetings later in the day. The two shook hands for cameras on what was their third meeting this year and the latest gesture of Charles’, and Britain’s, support for Ukraine.
The Ukrainian president will later meet Starmer and the speakers of both houses of parliament.
“We will also be negotiating new and powerful steps to increase pressure on Russia for this war and to put an end to the strikes,” Zelenskyy said on X following a deadly Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital.
His spokesman said the president would also talk to Ukrainian military personnel who are being trained in Britain and representatives of think tanks.
“The main purpose of the visit is to deepen defence cooperation,” the spokesman said.
(Reporting by William James in London and Anastasiia Malenko and Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Kevin Liffey, Alex Richardson and Kate Holton)
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