Overview
- Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy met President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv to discuss daily missile attacks on energy infrastructure and ways to bolster protection.
- Zelensky publicly thanked the United Kingdom, its government and its people for the energy support package and broader assistance.
- The visit marked the first anniversary of a 100-year UK–Ukraine partnership designed to deepen defence, trade and investment ties.
- Lammy addressed a business leaders summit in Kyiv and toured a site hit by Russian missiles.
- Ukrainian officials highlighted a recent Paris declaration with the United Kingdom and France as an initial step in a broader “Coalition of the Willing.”