On Wednesday, February 8, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London agreed to supply long-range weapons to Ukraine. Zelensky announced this during a joint press conference with Rishi Sunak.

“We have a strong defense package from the UK. We agreed on a powerful amount of armored vehicles, the supply of long-range weapons and agreed to start training Ukrainian pilots. I believe that this is our clear signal - Ukraine and Great Britain - that we will not only go together, but will go through this difficult path to our common victory,"

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In addition, the leaders of the countries agreed to start training Ukrainian pilots to work on Western-style aircraft, namely on Typhoon fighters.. He noted that this would be the first step towards the transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine..

“Today it is very clear: we are becoming real allies with Britain. And it is from here that I want to say to all our soldiers (every Ukrainian soldier, sergeant, officer and general): the state is doing and will do everything so that our defenders on the front line have maximum opportunities.

The maximum that advanced countries own today. Ukraine will be among those who have everything necessary to protect our people and our independence,” Zelensky said..

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Recall that after visiting London, Zelensky flew to Paris, where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.. The leaders of France and Germany at a joint press conference stressed that Russia should not win and is not winning the war in Ukraine.