Kyiv is ‘the right place to be’, says UK ambassador after returning to city

In an interview after travelling back to Ukraine, Melinda Simmons said she believed Vladimir Putin still intends to seize the capital

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Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, is unlikely to have given up his ambitions to seize Kyiv after losing the battle for the city this spring, Britain's ambassador to Ukraine warned as she returned to work in the wartime capital.

Melinda Simmons, who has moved back to Kyiv despite Russian threats against diplomats based there, said it was overwhelming" to be back in a city that she once feared she might not see again.