We’re getting updates from the UK side now, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson made another surprise visit to Kyiv to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.
Johnson offered to launch a major training operation for Ukrainian forces, a statement from Downing Street says.
This claims to have the potential to train up to 10,000 soldiers every four months, which could “fundamentally change the equation of the war”.
The proposal would see Ukrainian troops trained in other countries for a period of three weeks each – learning “battle-winning skills” as well as medical training, cyber-security, and counter-explosive tactics.
The statement says the ambition would be to rebuild and increase Kyiv’s resistance against the Russian invasion.
Johnson is quoted telling the people of Ukraine that the UK is with them until they “ultimately prevail”.
Source: BBC