Keir Starmer has informed Ukrainians that the UK will again them “today and always” as Kyiv marks 33 years because it declared independence from the Soviet Union.
The prime minister described his message to frontline fighters and individuals who have sought refuge in Britain as “crystal clear” as neighborhood teams, councils and parishes across the UK plan to mark the anniversary on Saturday.
Ukraine’s supreme soviet agreed the state ought to go away the Moscow-based Soviet Union on 24 August 1991, a choice which Ukrainian voters backed at a referendum in December the identical 12 months.
Starmer mentioned: “My message to all Ukrainians, whether on the frontline or here in your second home in the UK, is crystal clear: we are with you today and always.
“That is what I told President Zelensky when he sat at our cabinet table and where, on behalf of the British people, I outlined that it is not just the British government that’s behind Ukraine – it’s all of us.
“We are with you for as long as it takes.”
Starmer added “Slava Ukraini”, a nationwide salute within the nation, which interprets to glory to Ukraine.
The authorities mentioned greater than 45,000 Ukrainian recruits have acquired coaching on British soil since Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
The UK’s minister of defence has additionally urged social media customers to share movies of them clapping, cheering, enjoying music, singing or ringing bells with the hashtag #MakeNoiseForUkraine on Saturday.
Friday marked National Flag Day in Ukraine with the nation’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, taking part in a flag-raising ceremony close to the Verkhovna Rada parliament constructing.
“We are pushing the occupier out of Ukraine and will give no rest to their tricolours,” Zelensky mentioned in an announcement launched on his web site, a reference to Russia’s white, blue and pink flag.
“We must rebuild Ukraine, our home, after this war so that our Ukrainian blue and yellow flies as it deserves – over proud land and amid safe, free, and European life.”
Zelensky met Narendra Modi in Kyiv on Friday, the primary go to by an Indian prime minister since Ukraine gained its independence.
Modi informed Ukraine’s president that he’s “personally” able to play a task “as a friend” to deliver peace to the nation.
