Rishi Sunak told Volodymr Zelensky Ukraine “belongs” in NATO as the pair held private one-to-one talks on the margins of a crunch summit.
Their meeting came a day after the Ukrainian President angrily blasted the alliance for “absurd” delays to Ukraine’s membership bid. The Prime Minister and hero leader met on the fringes of the coalition’s summit in Lithuanian capital Vilnius, 24 hours after Mr Zelensky’s furious rebuke to NATO chiefs.
The pair asked their advisers to leave the room so they could talk privately. As No10 aides milled around the wooden table, Mr Sunak, wearing a dark suit, white shirt and skinny purple tie, told them: "Actually, you guys, do you just want to leave us to it?”
