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Burnham to visit Kyiv on first foreign trip and reaffirm UK support for Ukraine
BBC • • world
Key Points:
- Andy Burnham will make his first foreign trip as UK prime minister to Kyiv on Monday to reaffirm British support for Ukraine and participate in the country's independence day events.
- He will chair the inaugural meeting of the "coalition of the willing," a UK-France initiative established under former PM Sir Keir Starmer to support Ukraine.
- Burnham is set to accept an award recognizing the UK's assistance to Ukraine and will emphasize the UK's commitment amid recent Russian attacks, including a deadly strike on a Ukrainian shopping centre.
- The visit follows heightened tensions with Russia, which has warned of consequences over British drone support to Ukraine, while Burnham reaffirmed the UK's stance of unwavering support for Ukraine's defense.
- Additionally, Burnham plans to announce the declassification of UK components for the long-range Scalp missile to aid Ukraine, as President Macron considers local missile assembly in Ukraine.
