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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey in London and Dan Sabbagh in Dnipro

Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles

Andy Burnham and Volodymyr Zelensky, both dressed all in black, talk face to face on a quay of the naval harbour in Portsmouth
Andy Burnham and Volodymyr Zelensky talking at HM Naval Base Portsmouth last month. Burnham’s visit to Kyiv on Monday will be his first as prime minister. Photograph: Jason Alden/EPA

Britain will boost Ukraine’s capacity to make its own long-range missiles, Andy Burnham will announce on Monday, as he travels to Kyiv for the country’s independence day on his first foreign visit as prime minister.

Burnham will arrive in the Ukrainian capital on Monday morning at a crucial time in the war, with Kyiv braced for another wave of Russian missile attacks and the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, facing his most direct domestic challenge.

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