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KYIV: The leaders of Britain and France pledged to provide Ukraine with stronger military support including access to classified technology and faster deliveries of air defence missiles at a meeting of allies to mark Kyiv’s independence day celebrations.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, in Kyiv on his first foreign visit since taking office last month, urged the gathering of the “Coalition of the Willing” to “do everything we can” to bolster Ukraine’s defences against Russian air strikes.
President Volodymyr Zelensky had earlier praised the resilience of the Ukrainian people during more than four years of war.
“Ukraine absolutely wants peace, but it is not ready to simply surrender,” Zelensky said, adding that Russia would not halt its aggression even if Ukraine ceded to its demands for more territory in the country’s east.
