Met. you are actually the first foreian met. you are actually the first foreign leader met. you are actually the first foreign leader that met. you are actually the first foreign leader that i met. you are actually the first foreign leader that i have - met. you are actually the first foreign leader that i have had| met. you are actually the first i foreign leader that i have had the privilege of welcoming here as prime minister and there s a lot of great history, this room that we are standing in winston churchill met many of his famous beaches in world war ii from the stream on the same way today your leadership and the bravery and fortitude of your country is an inspiration to us all and i look forward to discussing what more we can do to support you. first of all, thank you, you have supported first of all, thank you, you have supported a lot for us. you did a lot, your supported a lot for us. you did a lot, your government and his majesty the king. lot, your government and his majesty the king, and of course your people, your society, the king, and of course your people, your society, we are thankful for all our your society, we are thankful for all our hearts, from ukrainians, from all our hearts, from ukrainians, from our all our hearts, from ukrainians, from our soldiers and it is a privilege from our soldiers and it is a privilege to be here. the first time, privilege to be here. the first time, he privilege to be here. the first time, he said not the last! definitely not the last. we will discuss definitely not the last. we will discuss very important issues and urgent discuss very important issues and urgent support for ukraine and security urgent support for ukraine and security not only for ukraine but
You re seeing from february and as i mentioned earlier, that that s when president zelensky visited the uk, and as you can see, met prime minister rishi sunak then, also addressed parliament at the time and this time the message from the government has been that it is a courtesy any catch up rather than a negotiation, and we were speaking to the political correspondent nick eardley earlier and he was saying that perhaps this distinction was in order to take care to not overpromise anything and to manage expectations in terms of the choice of wording of this, but in terms of what is likely to be promised, what has been said already is hundreds of air defence missiles and long range attack drones are being pledged to help ukraine s efforts in fending
About the level of support continuing in the future in terms of whether these levels of support are finite, what the limit will be. and actually when the men met, rishi sunak and president zelensky met briefly we saw images of them, president zelensky saying this is my first time here, you have said it is not the last and rishi sunakjumping in and reiterating say definitely not the last. how important is that message as well to almost kind of a signpost to say there will be more of this to come? that signpost to say there will be more of this to come? signpost to say there will be more of this to come? that is exactly at. not only is of this to come? that is exactly at. not only is he of this to come? that is exactly at. not only is he looking of this to come? that is exactly at. not only is he looking for - of this to come? that is exactly at. | not only is he looking for continued support, he and the west are messaging to russia we are in this for the long run. if the attack bogs down and does not go as well as expected we are still behind the ukrainians. i think that is really important. i do think as hugo said,
Acknowledged when i interviewed him last week. i think this is the latest stop in the syrup into a web president zelensky, he was in italy at the weekend and then in germany where another major package of military assistance was announced, and in france last night he met president macron. today he is in the uk meeting the prime minister, rishi sunak, the uk has been a key ally of the ukrainians in this wire think what the president has been doing, president zelensky, he is obviously shared a familiar message now that ukrainians still need more help to be successful in this counteroffensive. he has been complaining that it s been taking a lot of time for the weapons to arrive and to be sent to the front lines where they are needed, and i think there is also a lot of frustration here in kyiv when it
This is the second time in recent months he has been to the uk, he visited in february as well, and met rishi sunak then and address parliament then. this is first time at chequers, the prime minister prospect country residence, but both men emphasise that it would not be the last when they met earlier, in the last when they met earlier, in the middle discussions now, discussions that president zelensky has insinuated our negotiations, is a process negotiations, but downing street itself has been careful to describe as a catch up and a courtesy and this is of course the latest in his meetings there. it was a few hours ago that the helicopter touched down, carrying methods zelensky to chequers. this was a surprise visit, but perhaps not entirely unexpected given that he had already been meeting other western european leaders over the