Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the British leader's Chequers country residence, the first foreign leader Sunak has hosted there since taking office in October
Zelenskiy met Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the British leader's Chequers country residence, the first foreign leader Sunak has hosted there since taking office in October.
Britain also announced it would begin basic training of Ukrainian pilots this summer, "hand in hand with UK efforts to work with other countries on providing F16 jets – Ukraine’s fighter jets of choice." Zelenskiy, making his European tour ahead of the planned counteroffensive, won major additional pledges of tanks, armoured vehicles and other weapons over the past two days from Germany and France.
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