Ukraine Latest: UK’s Sunak Offers Air Defense During Kyiv Visit
Search and rescue at the place of a Russian missile strike on a two-story apartment building, Vilnyansk, Zaporizhzhia Region.
Photographer: Dmytro Smoliyenko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing/Getty Images
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Rishi Sunak met with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv to affirm Britain’s support for Ukraine’s defense against Russia, including with a big new air defense package.
Russian troops kept up attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. More than 1,000 missiles and drones have hit energy targets since Russia’s invasion in February, the government said. Kyiv is experiencing long periods without power. Ukraine’s energy minister called on households to slash their electricity consumption.