Ukraine should never again become a vulnerable target for attack. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated this at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, CNN reports..

“We must arm Ukraine in the short term and strengthen it in the long term,” Sunak said..

According to him, the Ukrainian crews who arrived in the UK last week will learn how to use Challenger 2 tanks to protect the sovereign territory of Ukraine in the coming month.. The Prime Minister added that the UK will expand its curriculum, which has trained 10,000 troops over the past six months..

Sunak also said that the United Kingdom will speed up the delivery of weapons to ensure that Ukraine reaches the front lines in the coming days and weeks, not years..

In particular, the Prime Minister of Great Britain announced that the first Challenger 2 battle tanks would arrive in Ukraine next month..

President Zelensky thanked Sunak and the British people for supporting Ukraine during a press conference.

“Today it is clear that we stood together with the UK. Thank you to all the people in the UK, thank you for these 350 days of unity,"

He also thanked all Ukrainian soldiers: every soldier, sergeant, officer, general.

“Our state is doing and will do everything so that we have everything to the maximum at the forefront - the maximum that is in other leading countries. Ukraine will be among those countries that have everything to protect their people,” he stressed..

Before the press conference, Zelenskiy and Sunak met with Ukrainian soldiers who are being trained on Challenger 2 tanks at a military base in Dorset, southern England..

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