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Ted Hennessey

New prime minister will not ‘change UK-Ukraine dynamic’, Keir Starmer vows

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer holds a meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in the gardens of the Presidential Palace in Kyiv (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK’s support for Ukraine “will not waver” and the prime ministerial transition will not “change that dynamic”, Sir Keir Starmer has said on his final visit to Kyiv while in office.

The outgoing Prime Minister met Volodymyr Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital on Thursday, just hours after a series of Russian strikes that killed two and injured six, including a teenager.

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