Article 6TKQ1 Russia-Ukraine war live: Keir Starmer says UK will deliver new mobile air defence system to Ukraine

Russia-Ukraine war live: Keir Starmer says UK will deliver new mobile air defence system to Ukraine

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Vicky Graham (now) and Yohannes Lowe (earlier)
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UK prime minister meets Ukrainian president as they sign 100-year partnership agreement to deepen security ties between nations

Starmer hails closer than ever' partnership with Ukraine on visit

City officials say there have been no casualties after the reported Russian drone attack on Kyiv, but say a car was damaged by falling debris in one of the districts.

As we have previously mentioned, Starmer is in Kyiv to sign a so-called 100-year partnership" treaty between Britain and Ukraine (see more details of what is in the agreement here). The UK, one of Ukraine's biggest military supporters, has committed 12.8bn in military and civilian aid to Kyiv over the war and has trained tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops. Starmer is to announce another 40m for Ukraine's postwar economic recovery.

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