The UK’s defence secretary Ben Wallace has been on an unannounced visit to Ukraine.
The Ministry of Defence said he was there for two days this week and met his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksii Reznikov, as well as President Volodymyr Zelensky.
In a video posted on the president’s official Telegram channel, Wallace is seen telling Zelensky he is doing an “amazing job”.
The MoD said Wallace was able to hear first-hand how the operational needs of Ukraine’s armed forces are developing as the nature of the conflict changes.
“This will ensure that the UK’s continued support is evolving to meet those requirements and is tailored to the situation on the ground,” it said.
It added that the three politician agreed to work more closely “in support of their shared goal of enabling Ukraine to liberate itself from illegal Russian occupation”.
It’s not clear when the politicians met and whether they were able to discuss the situation of the two British men – Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin – who have been sentenced to death after fighting in Ukraine by an unrecognised court in the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic.
