Zelensky asks Rishi Sunak for ‘powerful English planes’ to help fight Ukraine war
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Zelensky concluded his speech by thanking the UK “in advance” for “powerful English planes”
🔴 No 10 has repeatedly suggested it is pointless to send jets to Ukraine because pilots would require intensive training that would render it difficult to deploy the jets in the conflict
"Leaving Parliament two years ago I thanked you for delicious English tea,” Zelensky said
🗣️ “And I will be leaving the Parliament today thanking all of you in advance for powerful English planes”
The remark prompted laughter among the MPs and peers gathered in Westminster Hall
“From the first minutes and seconds of the full-scale war, Great Britain, you extended your helping hand"
🔴 Zelensky thanked the former PM Boris Johnson for getting other countries "united, when it seemed absolutely impossible. Thank you”
Zelensky: 'London has stood with Kyiv from day one'
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted “welcome back to the UK”, as President Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to address Parliament.
🔴 “Look forward to hearing you address Parliament,” he tweeted
Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to pick the UK for his second trip abroad since the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a striking endorsement of the British Government’s support for Ukraine
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President Zelensky was welcomed into Westminster Hall by cheers and applause from MPs and Lords
🔴 House of Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle began by saying that he and Zelensky “hit it off immediately, with much laughter,” when they first met over an English afternoon tea.
Zelensky has thanked the former PM Boris Johnson
🔴 "Boris - you got others united when it seemed absolutely, absolutely impossible"
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"We know Russia will lose and we know victory will change the world, and this will be a change that the world has long needed." - Zelensky 🇺🇦
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Zelensky begun his address to MPs and Lords by saying: “Thank you so much"
🔴 "I come here and stand before you on behalf of our warriors who are now in the trenches under enemy artillery fire […] On behalf of our conscripts who are being trained now, including here in Britain"
“London has stood with Kyiv from day one,” Zelensky said
🔴 “From the first minutes and seconds of the full-scale war, Great Britain, you extended your helping hand when the world had not yet come to understand how to react"
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Zelensky will be pushing the UK to supply fighter jets to Ukraine
🔴 No 10 has repeatedly suggested it is pointless to send RAF jets to the country, because its pilots would require intensive training that would render it difficult to deploy the jets
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Zelensky’s decision to pick the UK for his second trip abroad since the Russian invasion is a striking endorsement of the British Government’s support for Ukraine
🔎 Analysis by @HugoGyeinews.co.uk/news/politics/vo…
The House of Commons erupts in laughter as @StephenFlynnSNP asks Rishi Sunak if he regrets Liz Truss's time in office
🗣️ “In recent days, the former prime minister said that she does not regret her time in office
"Does the prime minister regret her time in office?”
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Does the Prime Minister regret Liz Truss's time in office?
🔴 Rishi Sunak said he had 'lots to discuss' with Volodymyr Zelensky as he welcomed the Ukrainian President to Downing Street
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The moment a family were rescued from earthquake rubble in Syria
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