British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday on an unannounced trip to the war-torn east-European country. Johnson’s visit was confirmed after the embassy of Ukraine in the UK tweeted the two leaders meeting in person for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24. Additionally, Zelenskyy’s deputy chief of staff, Andriy Sybiha, also confirmed their meeting in a post on Facebook.
A Downing Street spokesperson said that Johnson travelled to Ukraine to meet Zelenskyy in person in a “show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people”, according to Bloomberg.
The British PM discussed providing the strife-torn country with more financial and military aid, his office said.
