British Prime Minister Boris Johnson honored Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with the Sir Winston Churchill award. He announced this on his Twitter..

Today Prime Minister @BorisJohnson presented the President @ZelenskyyUa with Sir Winston Churchill Leadership Award for unsustainable barbaric, aspiration and dignity in the face of Putin's barbaric invasion. The UK will always #StandWithUkraine? #ChurchillAward pic. twitter. com/o2uYP9m8LB.

— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) July 26, 2022.

“Noted President Volodymyr Zelensky with the Sir Winston Churchill Award for leadership and incredible courage, resilience and dignity in the face of Putin’s barbaric invasion. The UK will always be with Ukraine,” Boris Johnson said in a statement..

Presenting the award, which will be passed to Ukraine through Ukrainian Ambassador to Britain Vadym Prystaiko, Johnson said that Zelensky, like Winston Churchill in his time, overcomes extremely difficult trials and inspires with his leadership.

“Ukrainian people are a lion, and you must be their voice. Voice against tyranny, good against evil, light against darkness. And you perfectly showed this voice of a lion, and it is very important that you are the President at this time of crisis for Ukraine and the world. Inspired by your leadership, we know that Ukraine not only can win, it will win! And when that day comes, Ukraine will appear as a strong independent state,” Johnson stressed..

The President of Ukraine took part in the award ceremony via videoconference. In response, he noted that this award embodies not only his efforts, but also the heroism of tens of thousands of Ukrainians and Ukrainian women who distinguished themselves in battles with the Russian aggressor..

“This award would not have been possible if the entire Ukrainian people had not risen to defend freedom from the onslaught of tyranny,” the President said..

He also expressed confidence that Ukrainians and European history will always remember those who, without hesitation, came to the aid of the Ukrainian people and the idea of \u200b\u200bfreedom in general.. The tragic events of recent years may be instructive that democracies, united, can stop any tyranny, even if at first it seems that it has unlimited resources for aggression..

“But this can become a reality only if Russia loses on the battlefield in Ukraine,” Zelensky stressed and called on the UK and the whole world to continue supplying modern and effective weapons to Ukraine in sufficient quantities, strengthen sanctions against Russia, and attract more people to anti-Putin. coalitions.

Recall that in March, a number of world politicians called on the Nobel Committee to extend the procedure for nominating nominees until March 31 in order to allow the nomination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian people for the Nobel Peace Prize..

In April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared on the cover of Time magazine..

Also in April, Zelensky became one of the owners of the prestigious award of the German media group Weimer Media Group (WMG).

In May, the people of Ukraine were honored with the Distinguished Leadership Award from the US Atlantic Council..