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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Shaun Walker in Kyiv

Lammy and Healey visit Ukraine to say Labour would keep up UK’s backing

Andriy Yermak sitting opposite John Healey and David Lammy at a table.
The head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak (right), in a meeting with John Healey and David Lammy. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Britain’s shadow foreign and defence ministers have completed a visit to Kyiv to deliver a message that little would change when it came to British support for Ukraine if Labour won the general election expected later this year.

“We wanted to come now, in the run-up to the UK election, to ensure we take politics out of the UK’s support for Ukraine,” said John Healey, the shadow defence secretary, in an interview with the Guardian in Kyiv before leaving Ukraine. “There’s total support for Ukraine across the full breadth of the Labour party in and outside parliament,” he added.

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