“It is in all our interest to ensure Ukraine succeeds and Putin’s barbarism is not rewarded” – PM Sunak

It is in the interests of Britain and the civilized world to ensure support for Ukraine and to prevent the success of Putin's barbarism.

Prime Minister of Great Britain, Rishi Sunak, said this in a statement on the occasion of the Ukrainian president's visit to the UK, Ukrinform reports.

"This is a crucial moment in Ukraine's resistance to a terrible war of aggression they did not choose or provoke," said Sunak. "They need the sustained support of the international community to defend against the barrage of unrelenting and indiscriminate attacks that have been their daily reality for over a year."

He stressed that the front line runs in Ukraine, "the fault lines stretch all over the world." 

"It is in all our interest to ensure Ukraine succeeds and Putin's barbarism is not rewarded. That is why the UK is sustaining our support to Ukraine – from tanks to training, ammunition to armored vehicles. And this message of solidarity will ring loud in all my meetings with fellow world leaders in the days ahead," the British Prime Minister said.

During negotiations with the President of Ukraine, the government noted that Sunak will confirm the importance that Great Britain attaches to providing the necessary support to Ukraine "to put them in the strongest possible position to secure a lasting peace for their country."

"This means the military equipment we provide must be bolstered by training, by economic support, by biting sanctions against Putin's regime, and by long-term security assurances to ensure Ukraine's sovereignty can never be breached in this way again," the British government said.

The Prime Minister of Great Britain is expected to confirm the provision of hundreds of air defense missiles and unmanned aerial systems to Ukraine, including hundreds of new long-range strike drones with a flight range of over 200 km.