That comes after on monday, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky made a surprise visit to the united kingdom, to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russia s invasion. uk prime minister rishi sunak welcomed the ukrainian leader at chequers, the prime minister s country house. they held bilateral talks lasting around two hours. president zelesnky said they discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a jets coalition . prime minister sunak promised to send hundreds of air defence missiles and long range attack drones, but stopped short of sending jets. here s what they said: it s been really good for us to have the time to talk together in private about the support that the uk is giving and how we can make sure that that support is notjust there we can make sure that that support is not just there for today but into the future as well to ensure that ukraine and its people triumphant notjust on the battlefield militaril
The cable news networks covered, than they networks did not. it s an issue that s important to americans the context of covid under global economic downturn and everything else so there is a fair amount, strong amount of bipartisan support and president biden was right emphasise that and emphasise the unity between north america and europe. however, it does not tell us whether what is going in 2023 and the idea of unconditional victory and supporting zelesnky at all costs will be a debate for the new year because it s going to get complicated. i was thrilled by this speech, i was very happy to see that president zelensky came to washington, got the support from united states and our nato and european partners but along slog ahead. european partners but along slog ahead- slog ahead. president biden said to president slog ahead. president biden said to president zelensky l slog ahead. president biden i said to president zelensky that we will stay with you as long as it takes. what mes
Critical objects of infrastructure like hospitals, the banking system, they ve all been supplied with alternative parts. so we understand that the missile terror will most probably continue but we are preparing for it and as our president mr zelesnky said yesterday, for ukrainians it will be a winsor of invincibility. we have to be strong, we have to stay strong, russia will not break i will, and we will continue to fight and we will continue to fight and we will win. and we will continue to fight and we will win. 0k, yuriy sak, thank you and we will win. 0k, yuriy sak, thank you again and we will win. 0k, yuriy sak, thank you again for and we will win. 0k, yuriy sak, thank you again for talking - and we will win. 0k, yuriy sak, thank you again for talking to l thank you again for talking to the bbc, advised that ukraine s defence ministry. let s get some of the day s other news. there will be more train strikes over the christmas period with rmt staff walking out between christ
It is about whether we return to slavery or stay part of the civilised world. easter gives us hope as we go to fight. two months in, there is unity for the battle ahead, but still no hope for a resurrection of peace. there ve been no further details about antony blinken s planned visit to kyiv, which was announced on saturday by president zelesnky. our correspondent anna foster told me more from kyiv. it s hughly unusual that we would hear about a visit like this before it happens, normally these things are conducted with the strictest of security, high profile visitors are brought in, they have the meetings and they are often taken to various locations and it is always after the event we see the pictures and hear what they had to say, maybe a press conference is held. so the fact president zelensky announced this yesterday evening at that press conference he held in a metro station under the streets
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has travelled to the conflict-torn Ukrainian capital of Kyiv to demonstrate that the UK stands unwaveringly with Ukraine and offered fresh financial and military support to the country