Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the UK will provide an additional £ 1bn ($ 1.3bn) in support of the country. The Ukrainian leader wrote about this on Twitter.
“Great news from London: The UK will commit an additional £ 1bn to support Ukraine. This means new investment, trade, security, ”Zelenskiy wrote.
The Ukrainian president also noted that following his talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last year, the size of London’s total support will increase to £ 3.5 billion.
In October 2020, the UK and Ukraine signed a memorandum on strengthening cooperation in the military and military-technical spheres by £ 1.25 million, TASS reports. In June of this year, the parties agreed on a maritime partnership: in October, Kiev announced the start of construction of two new naval bases with the help of Britain, Ukraine also plans to receive two mine action ships from the kingdom. Later, London and Kiev signed an agreement on a loan to support the Ukrainian fleet for £ 1.7 billion (about $ 2.3 billion).
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