Prime Minister Liz Truss has reiterated the UK’s support for Ukraine and has accepted an invitation to visit the country during a phone call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
It was her first phone call as prime minister with a foreign leader, and took place within hours of her becoming head of the UK government.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said that Truss told the Ukrainian president on Sept. 6 that his country could count on the UK’s assistance “for the long term.”
“In her first call with a counterpart since becoming prime minister, she reiterated to the Ukrainian leader that he had her full backing, and Ukraine could depend on the UK’s assistance for the long term,” she said….