Sat 09 April 2022:
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a meeting in Kyiv on Saturday that Britain would provide the country with 120 armoured vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems.
The aid was in addition to 100 million pounds’ ($130 million) worth of high-grade military equipment announced on Friday, Downing Street said.
Today I met my friend President @ZelenskyyUa in Kyiv as a show of our unwavering support for the people of Ukraine.
We’re setting out a new package of financial & military aid which is a testament of our commitment to his country’s struggle against Russia’s barbaric campaign. pic.twitter.com/KNY0Nm6NQ3
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) April 9, 2022
Britain would also guarantee an additional $500 million in World Bank lending to Ukraine, taking its total loan guarantee to $1 billion, and would liberalise tariffs on most imports from Ukraine and take other measures to free up trade.
He also said that countries supporting Ukraine following its invasion by Russia would continue to tighten the economic sanctions on Moscow.
“Together with our partners, we are going to ratchet up the economic pressure and we will continue to intensify, week by week, the sanctions on Russia,” Johnson said in comments to the media, standing alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Zelensky calls on West to follow UK example on military aid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called on the West to follow the UK in providing military aide to Ukraine and imposing sanctions on Russia during a visit by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kyiv.
“Other Western democratic countries should follow the UK’s example,” Zelensky said after talks with Johnson.
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