{"id":398,"date":"2023-02-08T08:59:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T08:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/president-zelensky-in-first-uk-visit-since-invasion-of-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T08:59:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T08:59:50","slug":"president-zelensky-in-first-uk-visit-since-invasion-of-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/president-zelensky-in-first-uk-visit-since-invasion-of-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"President Zelensky in first UK visit since invasion of Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Zelensky in first UK visit since invasion of Ukraine<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"ssrcss-vk3nhx-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo1\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-11kpz0x-Placeholder e16icw910\"><picture><source 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e5tfeyi3\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will arrive in the UK today, in his first visit since Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine last year.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Downing Street said he would be holding meetings with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and make a speech in Parliament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">No 10 has also announced that British training of Ukrainian forces will be expanded to cover fighter jet pilots and marines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">It&#8217;s also expected the UK will announce fresh sanctions targeting Russia later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Plans have been announced to train Ukrainian pilots to fly Nato-standard fighter jets in the future, a key request from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">President Zelensky addressed MPs in March last year, speaking virtually from Kyiv, the first time a foreign leader addressed MPs in the Commons chamber.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Published at Wed, 08 Feb 2023 08:52:53 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