Ukraine’s Zelenskiy ‘very happy’ at Boris Johnson confidence vote win

President says result is great news', while adviser says the world needs such leaders'

Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has declared himself very happy" at Boris Johnson's confidence vote win, hours after one of his senior advisers tweeted a picture of the two men and thanked the UK prime minister for helping to protect the free world from barbaric invasion".

Zelenskiy described Johnson's narrow victory on Monday evening as great news", in remarks via video link to an event hosted by the Financial Times on Tuesday. I'm glad we haven't lost a very important ally. This is great news," he said.