Starmer is in Kyiv today for a visit to Ukraine. A “landmark 100-year partnership” has been prepared to sign…
It’s the PM’s first visit since he came to office 195 days ago and spent a working month jetting around the globe. Sunak visited within a month of entering Downing Street and Boris was there two months after the war started. Reports from officials claim that under Starmer the UK stopped fervently pushing to provide more and took a deferential tone to Biden. Macron is leading talks on peacekeeping troops potentially getting sent to Ukraine. The delay over Storm Shadow authorisation is seen as instructive…
Keir Starmer arrives in Ukraine on his first trip to the country since being elected in July
The PM was greeted by Ukrainian officials in Kyiv at a train station pic.twitter.com/CDOsxltm39
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The partnership deal to be signed between Starmer and Zelensky today includes a recommitment to existing aid, pledges for more as well as military collaboration on drones, maritime security, and health. A new British-designed ‘Grain Verification Scheme’ will also attempt to track stolen grain shipments. Starmer getting a visit in just before Trump enters office…
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