Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a new appeal to Nato on Monday to make a “positive political decision” on Kyiv’s membership at its July summit.

 

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2m ago

09.42 BST

Here is the quote from Volodymyr Zelenskiy about Ukraine joining Nato which he gave in a video address shown at the Copenhagen deomcracy summit.

 

“It is time to remove the biggest security uncertainty in Europe – that is, to approve a positive political decision on membership in Nato,” Reuters report he said, adding “This is worth doing at the July summit already. This will be a timely signal.”

 

18m ago

09.23 BST

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a new appeal to Nato on Monday to make a “positive political decision” on Kyiv’s membership at its July summit.

 

Reuters reports Zelenskiy made his remarks in a video address to the Copenhagen democracy summit. He said that Finland joining Nato showed the strength of security guarantees, and thanked Denmark and other allies for their resolve in assisting Ukraine against Russia.

 

27m ago

09.14 BST

Here is a little more from the UK government’s statement about Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to the UK. It says:

 

• In their talks, the prime minister will reiterate the importance the UK places on providing a total package of support to Ukraine to put them in the strongest possible position to secure a lasting peace for their country.
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• 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.
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• To that end, in the last year the UK has trained 15,000 Ukrainian troops to battlefield readiness. In February the prime minister announced the UK would develop a new training programme for Ukrainian pilots to support their efforts to build a new Ukrainian air force with Nato-standard, F16 jets.
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• This summer we will commence an elementary flying phase for cohorts of Ukrainian pilots to learn basic training. This will adapt the programme used by UK pilots to provide Ukrainians with piloting skills they can apply a different kind of aircraft. This training goes hand in hand with UK efforts to work with other countries on providing F16 jets – Ukraine’s fighter jets of choice.