Sunak vows to stand with Ukraine for 'as long as it takes' after Kyiv visit in first foreign policy speech as PM
Sunak vows to stand with Ukraine for 'as long as it takes' after Kyiv visit in first foreign policy speech as PMPicture:Rishi Sunak will promise Ukraine "new support" including air defences in his first major foreign policy speech since becoming prime minister one month ago.The PM is set to address the Lord Mayor's Banquet at the Guildhall in the City of London on Monday evening.
He is also expected to say: “Ukrainian flags have flown over almost every town and city on these islands for the last nine months. No one told people to put them there.“They felt moved to show solidarity with people they have never met, in a country most have never visited, to show their faith in fairness, freedom and the rule of law.
The PM has been criticised in some quarters for over-emphasising the global factors affecting the cost of living crisis facing millions in Britain. Sunak used a visit to the Ukrainian capital to set out a new £50m package of defence aid, which includes 125 anti-aircraft guns and equipment to counter Iranian-supplied drones.
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