Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the Prime Minister for presently coaching members of the Ukrainian navy on UK soil.
Boris Johnson spoke to the Ukrainian president on Saturday afternoon for an replace on Kyiv’s battle with Russia, in keeping with Downing Avenue.
Providing a readout of the telephone name, a No 10 spokesman stated: “President Zelenskyy thanked the Prime Minister for the coaching of Ukrainian navy personnel presently going down within the UK.”
It comes after Mr Johnson confirmed for the primary time throughout his commerce journey to India this week that Ukrainian forces had been within the UK.
Greater than 20 troopers arrived final week for coaching on the 120 armoured automobiles which can be being equipped to the resistance in opposition to Moscow, the Authorities has stated.
The talks got here as Ukrainian officers stated Russian forces had began attacking a metal plant within the battered metropolis of Mariupol in an obvious bid to remove the final stand by Kyiv’s defenders.
An estimated 1,000 civilians and stay sheltered within the Azovstal plant alongside the remaining 2,000 Ukrainian fighters.
Vladimir Putin solely two days in the past ordered that Russian troops not be despatched into the plant however as an alternative that the ability be blocked off, in an obvious try and starve out the Ukrainians and power their give up.
With the battle for Donbas raging within the east, the offensive marks renewed concentrating on of the south of the nation, with officers declaring that a Russian cruise missile in Odesa killed six folks, together with a three-month-old child.
Throughout Mr Johnson and Mr Zelenskyy’s phone dialog, the Ukraine chief supplied an replace on the scenario within the Donbas and so they each joined in condemning assaults by Russian forces in opposition to civilian targets, together with in Mariupol and Odesa, in addition to in Lviv in western Ukraine.
The Prime Minister stated the UK was working to “develop a long-term safety answer for Ukraine”, as he additionally introduced up worldwide efforts to offer Ukraine with “additional monetary assist” for the conflict, together with conversations held on the G7 finance ministers’ assembly on Wednesday.
A No 10 spokesman stated Mr Johnson ran by the “defensive navy support” being equipped by the UK to assist reinforce Ukraine’s defenders, together with drones and extra anti-tank weapons, in addition to the armoured automobiles that Kyiv’s troops are being educated to make use of.
“The Prime Minister ended by reiterating the UK’s unwavering assist for the folks of Ukraine and dedicated to proceed working with worldwide companions to offer the help mandatory to assist Ukraine defend itself,” stated the spokesman.
In addition to being educated on the Mastiff, Wolfhound and Husky armoured automobiles, the Ukrainians are being proven tips on how to use the Samaritan ambulance, and Sultan and Samson armoured reconnaissance automobiles whereas over in Britain.
In a press convention in Kyiv on Saturday, Mr Zelenskyy declared that he was “glad” with the extent of navy supporting coming from the UK.
He instructed reporters: “We wish greater than we’re being given, however we’re glad.
“We can't refuse or reject something throughout the conflict from the most important navy support, which is coming from the US and the UK.
“There are lots of different buddies in Europe, however I’m speaking about volumes of assist and I’m grateful for it.”
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