After the meeting, the prime minister said: “Ukraine has defied the odds and pushed Russian forces out of the gates of Kiev, achieving the greatest weapon achievement of the 21st century. “It is because of President Zelenskiy’s resolute leadership and the invincible heroism and courage of the Ukrainian people that Putin’s monstrous goals are thwarted. I made it clear today that the United Kingdom stands firmly on its side in this ongoing struggle, and we are in it in the long run. “We are strengthening our military and financial support and convening a global alliance to end this tragedy and to ensure that Ukraine survives and thrives as a free and sovereign nation.” Last night, number 10 said Britain would send 120 armored vehicles and new Harpoon anti-ship missile systems to Ukraine. The missiles could cause serious damage to Russian warships and could be used to counter the Russian navy’s siege of Black Sea ports. The United Kingdom pledged 100 100 million in military aid last week, including another 800 anti-aircraft missiles, more anti-aircraft weapons, “suicide drones” hovering over the battlefield before hitting a target, and helmets, body armor and goggles. night vision. Johnson has been praised by Zelensky, who contrasts the fulfillment of a promise to deliver vital anti-tank weapons to his army with the most cowardly responses from other NATO countries such as Germany. A train wreck after a rocket attack on a train station in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, on Friday, used to evacuate civilians. Photo: Fadel Senna / AFP / Getty Images The security situation in the Ukrainian capital has stabilized since Russia withdrew from its positions around the city on March 29 to reorganize its forces and consolidate territorial gains in southern and eastern Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also visited the Ukrainian capital on Friday, as well as the nearby city of Bukha, where overwhelming evidence shows that civilians were raped and killed by Russian troops. Johnson’s visit comes a day after Zelensky called on Western allies to provide more military assistance and tighten sanctions on Russia following a rocket attack on a train station in the eastern city of Kramatorsk that killed 52 people, including five children. Russia’s Defense Ministry has denied responsibility for the attack, but Western intelligence officials believe a short-range Russian ballistic missile was fired indiscriminately at the city center. At the time of the attack, the station was full of civilians who had been ordered by the Ukrainian government to evacuate the city in view of the Russian advance from the southeast. “I have already left Kramatorsk, because when a rocket hit a school very close to my house, we were very scared,” said Sofiya Ruban, 17, who fled to Kiev with her family. “When we heard about yesterday’s air raid on the train station, we were shocked and very sad.” Russian bombings and rocket attacks have intensified in several areas of eastern Ukraine as Moscow moves its “special military operation” from overthrowing the government to focus on building a corridor connecting the Russian-occupied region of Crimea with Luhansk and Donetsk – also de facto controlled by Moscow – with the Russian mainland. The besieged city of Mariupol, along with the southern city of Mykolaiv, which has faced significant bombing, are important targets for the Kremlin, the UK Ministry of Defense has said. With trains not running out of Kramatorsk on Saturday, panicked residents boarded buses or looked for other ways to get out, fearing the kind of relentless attacks and squatting by Russian invaders that caused food shortages, demolition of other buildings and demolition of buildings. Zelensky described the station’s attack as the latest example of war crimes by Russian forces and said he should urge the West to do more to help his country defend itself. “All the efforts of the people will be directed to find out every minute who did what, who gave what orders, where the rocket came from, who carried it, who gave the order and how this strike was agreed,” Zelensky said at night. video talk. In response to the Kramatorsk bombing, a curfew was imposed in the southern port of Odessa from Saturday afternoon until Monday night. Ten humanitarian corridors to evacuate people from war-torn areas across the country were agreed on Saturday, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said, but it was unclear by night time whether civilians had managed to reach Ukrainian-controlled territory. Several attempts to evacuate 150,000 people still in Mariupol, which has been under constant fire since February 24, and to provide vital supplies such as food and medicine, have failed after the Russian bombing of safe routes. Two UN agencies have also called for urgent action to help some 1,000 seafarers stranded in Ukrainian ports and waters with limited supplies. The U.S.-based Institute for War Studies says Ukrainian forces are retaining control of defensive positions in eastern and southwestern Mariupol, and Russian forces are continuing to try to redeploy units in eastern Ukraine. Russian forces “are unlikely to allow a Russian revolution and face bad morale,” the ISW said. Last week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov said the country had “significant troop losses and is a huge tragedy for us.” Conflict can risk becoming an exhausting war of attrition. The Pentagon estimates that Russia’s combat power is between 80% and 85% of pre-invasion levels.
