Boris Johnson offers 'strategic' support to Ukraine in surprise meeting with Zelensky

Boris Johnson has offered strategic support to Ukraine, on a surprise visit to Kyiv on Friday (17 June).

The prime minister said that the UK would be with Ukraine until the nation "ultimately prevails"

"I have offered President Zelensky a major new military training programme that could change the equation of this war," Johnson said.

Johnson and Zelensky's meeting comes a day after the Ukrainian president was visited by French president Emmanuel Macron, German chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian PM Mario Draghi.

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