{"id":700775,"date":"2026-01-16T22:15:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/700775\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T22:15:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:15:31","slug":"britain-and-ukraine-stand-shoulder-to-shoulder-lammy-says-on-kyiv-visit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/700775\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain and Ukraine stand \u2018shoulder to shoulder\u2019, Lammy says on Kyiv visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Prime Minister visited Ukraine\u2019s capital to mark the first anniversary of a 100-year partnership agreement between the two countries, aimed at fostering closer defence and trade ties among other things.<\/p>\n<p>During the trip, Mr Lammy visited a site struck by Russian missiles, spoke at a summit of business leaders, and met Ukraine\u2019s president Volodymyr Zelensky.<\/p>\n<p>The visit came as the Government announced it was giving Ukraine a further \u00a320 million to help bolster its energy infrastructure, a prime target of Russian strikes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2.83083986.jpg\" alt=\"Russian invasion of Ukraine\" data-title=\"Russian invasion of Ukraine\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Media\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Media\" data-credit=\"Ministry of Justice\" data-usage-terms=\"PICTURE DESK USE ONLY. NO SALES. HANDOUT\"  \/>Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky (MoJ\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am privileged to be here to mark the first anniversary of our 100-year partnership because Ukraine\u2019s security is our security,\u201d Mr Lammy said during the visit.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThis is more than just solidarity. Our friendship is a shared stand against Russian aggression across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut today we go further: unlocking investment, deepening joint action, and reaffirming our leadership of the Coalition of the Willing. The UK and Ukraine stand shoulder to shoulder as true partners for freedom, committed to a just peace and a stronger, safer future for both our nations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Writing on social media, Mr Zelensky said he and the Deputy PM had \u201cdiscussed Russia\u2019s daily missile strikes on our energy infrastructure and ways to strengthen protection against them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe are grateful for the UK\u2019s decision to provide an energy support package for Ukraine right now, when it is most needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thank the United Kingdom, its Government, and its people for all the assistance to our country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Deputy Prime Minister visited Ukraine\u2019s capital to mark the first anniversary of a 100-year partnership agreement between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018,3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-700775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-britain","8":"category-uk","9":"category-united-kingdom","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115907089154488171","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}