PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak will today announce a major £2.5billion package of support for Ukraine.
The PM is set to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky in a surprise visit to Kyiv, Downing Street said.
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It is there that he will reveal the package of military aid, which is said to be worth £2.5b.
Mr Sunak, who last visited Ukraine in November 2022, said: “I am here today with one message: the UK will also not falter.
“We will stand with Ukraine in their darkest hours and in better times to come.”
He added: “The UK is already one of Ukraine’s closest partners, because we recognise their security is our security.
“Today we are going further, increasing our military aid, delivering thousands of cutting-edge drones and signing a historic new security agreement to provide Ukraine with the assurances it needs for the long term.
“For two years, Ukraine has fought with great courage to repel a brutal Russian invasion. They are still fighting, unfaltering in their determination to defend their country and defend the principles of freedom and democracy.”
It comes after UK and US launched joint airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen overnight after militants attacked ships in the Red Sea.
Sunak and US President Joe Biden both confirmed the military offensive hit more than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed rebels just before midnight on Thursday.
Western forces smashed military targets shortly after Mr Sunak gave the go ahead at an Emergency Cabinet meeting.
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