A spokesman for Westminster City Council said on Friday morning that the flag was still there, and although they would be clearing the road “at some point,” they had decided to rename the street to “Kyiv Road.”
, led a minute’s silence outside 10 Downing Street on Friday accompanied by the Ukrainian ambassador and soldiers in the country for training.
King Charles III issued a statement saying that Ukrainians had suffered “unimaginably from an unprovoked full-scale attack on their nation” and that he hoped that “the outpouring of solidarity from across the globe may bring not only practical aid, but also strength from the knowledge that, together, we stand united.”Advertisement
“Like many people, we are deeply moved by the resistance and determination of Ukrainian people,” said Stewart, 48. “There’s obviously many manifestations of solidarity. It’s right that Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak go to Kyiv, but there’s so much support by people and you rarely see examples of civil solidarity, and we wanted to show that London and Britain stand with Ukraine.”
Britain likes to see itself as playing a leading role in support of Ukraine, and its military assistance is second only to contributions from the United States. Britain, however, has done much less than many European countries when it comes to taking in Ukrainian refugees. The government, under Prime Minister Boris Johnson, launched athat required Brits to identify individual refugees they wanted to sponsor. Some Brits have been willing hosts — one man interviewed by The Post even flew to the Ukraine border with Cadbury bars.
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