Boris Johnson Meets President Zelensky in Kyiv
Prime Minister Boris Johnson held talks in Kyiv with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky on April 9, in a show of solidarity with Ukraine, the UK government said said.
Downing Street said the UK would send “120 armoured vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems, to support Ukraine.”
on Friday, Johnson said the UK would send £100 million worth of “high-grade military equipment announced including more Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles, another 800 anti-tank missiles, and high-tech loitering munitions for precision strikes.”
In a press conference, President Zelensky said he was very grateful for sanctions imposed by the UK as well as weapons being supplied to Ukraine. Credit: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine via Storyful
Video Transcript
BORIS JOHNSON: [INAUDIBLE]
- [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
BORIS JOHNSON: The mount is a watch.
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY: Yes? [INAUDIBLE]. You know, [INAUDIBLE] the watch, yes. Yes.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY: He said [INAUDIBLE] thank you.
BORIS JOHNSON: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
- [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Boris.
BORIS JOHNSON: [INAUDIBLE] how are you?
- Yeah, yeah.
BORIS JOHNSON: How are you? Nice to see this.
- [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
BORIS JOHNSON: It's nice to meet you, and it's been our privilege to help you. You have a remarkable president. Mr. Zelensky has done an outstanding job, and we simply wish to keep supporting the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes.
- [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
BORIS JOHNSON: Take care.
- [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
BORIS JOHNSON: How are you? How are you? How are you?
- [INAUDIBLE]
BORIS JOHNSON: [INAUDIBLE]
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY: The cars can move.
BORIS JOHNSON: Yeah.
