Zelenskiy arrives in UK for European political community meeting

European Political Community meeting (EPC)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrives at the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Britain. Picture date: Thursday July 18, 2024. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via REUTERS
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Zelenskiy arrives in UK for European political community meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Britain on Thursday to participate in a meeting of the European Political Community and have a series of bilateral meetings, he said.

The Ukrainian leader published images from an airfield showing him standing with Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Kyiv's newly appointed ambassador to London who previously served as the head of the Ukrainian armed forces.

Zelenskiy said he planned to meet King Charles and Prime Minister Keir Starmer among others during his trip.

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"We will sign an intergovernmental agreement on support for the Ukrainian defence and industrial complex, discuss future defense cooperation, and expand our defense capabilities," Zelenskiy said on X.

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