UK prime minister in Ukrainian capital to sign security and trade pact in first official visit
Starmer hails ‘closer than ever’ partnership with Ukraine on visit
Here are some of the latest pictures being sent to us over the newswires of Keir Starmer, the UK’s prime minister, visiting the Ukrainian capital:
As we mentioned in the opening post, Ukraine’s air force has said the country’s forces downed 34 out of 55 drones launched by Russia overnight. Local authorities are now saying that the falling drone debris damaged energy infrastructure in the central Ukrainian region of Poltava, reportedly leaving more than 300 users without power. The region borders Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and Kyiv oblasts.