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Sunak To Visit Kyiv Friday To Set Out New 'Support Package'

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will 'stand with Ukraine, in their darkest hours and in the better times to come' (Credit: AFP)

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit Kyiv on Friday to launch "a major new package of support" for Ukraine and increase military funding for this financial year to GBP2.5 billion ($3.2 billion), his office said.

The figure is an increase of GBP200 million over the last two years and will ensure the "largest ever commitment of drones," a statement said, adding that he was also due to sign a "historic" security cooperation pact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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