Ukraine on Monday hosts a meeting of its key European backers to press for critical air-defence supplies and more pressure on Moscow, with Russian attacks killing more civilians than at any time since the first months of the invasion.
Burnham is set to announce that the British government is authorising defence firm MBDA to release classified information needed to help Ukraine and France set up local production of the long-range SCALP missile. He said deliveries of crucial Patriot interceptors had halved since 2023. Zelensky said Russia could produce around 100 ballistic missiles a month.
“Over the entire of 2023, Ukraine received 675 missiles, and over all of 2025 364, even though Russian missile strikes have increased,” Zelensky said. And on Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron pledged Paris would deliver new interceptor missiles.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will be in Kyiv for his first international trip since entering 10 Downing Street, and several other leaders are expected to join remotely. EU Council President Antonio Costa is also due in Kyiv for the talks, which come amid the latest, deadly escalation of the war.
“Russia should be in no doubt of our resolve,” Burnham said in a statement before his arrival in Kyiv.
