{"id":32395,"date":"2026-08-24T07:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/32395\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T07:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:51:06","slug":"burnham-arrives-in-kyiv-as-uk-plans-to-help-ukraine-develop-its-own-long-range-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/32395\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnham arrives in Kyiv as UK plans to help Ukraine develop its own long-range missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The move could strengthen Ukraine\u2019s domestic weapons production as Burnham joins European leaders in Kyiv to mark the country\u2019s Independence Day <\/p>\n<p class=\"forfirstp\">UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday alongside several European leaders to mark Ukraine\u2019s Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p>Burnham was photographed at Kyiv railway station shaking hands with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, as reported by AFP. Sybiha said Burnham would be joined by European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa, Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden, Moldovan President Maia Sandu and Estonian President Alar Karis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Ukraine, independence is not an abstract idea. We defended it against all odds. In times like these, nations learn how important it is to have allies by your side,\u201d Sybiha said in a post on X announcing the leaders\u2019 arrival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd today, we know for sure who our true friends are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During his visit, Burnham is expected to announce that the UK government will allow European defence company MBDA to declassify information about UK-made components used in the Anglo-French Storm Shadow\/Scalp long-range missiles.<\/p>\n<p>The move would allow Ukraine to gain greater insight into the technology behind the missiles and support its efforts to develop its own long-range weapons. The announcement comes at a critical stage of the war as Kyiv seeks to strengthen its domestic defence production capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.firstpost.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/fp\/revamp_v1\/earth.svg\" alt=\"world\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" class=\"nvicsvg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>More from World<\/p>\n<p>(This is a developing story. Please check back for updates)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The move could strengthen Ukraine\u2019s domestic weapons production as Burnham joins European leaders in Kyiv to mark the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4472,11444,4597,158,8455,2004,11443,9472],"class_list":["post-32395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-andy-burnham","tag-defence-production","tag-european-leaders","tag-kyiv","tag-missile-technology","tag-storm-shadow","tag-uk-prime-minister-ukraine-visit","tag-ukraine-independence-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}