Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to the UK, only his second confirmed trip outside the country since the war began, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced more training for Ukrainian troops and new help for fighter jet pilots.
Zelenskyy arrived on a Royal Air Force plane before heading into London to meet Sunak in Downing Street and speaking to UK lawmakers in Parliament. He will also meet King Charles III and visit Ukrainian troops training in southwest England.
Addressing lawmakers in English in Westminster Hall, the centuries-old venue where Queen Elizabeth II laid in state after her death, Zelenskyy praised the UK for backing Ukraine from the very start of the war. “London has stood with Kyiv since day one,” he said, insisting that Russia was destined to lose.
