Zelenskyy visits UK, new PM Burnham pledges continued support for Ukraine

Published Jul 27, 11:28 PM UTC

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Britain on July 27, 2026, for a meeting with new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who took office a week earlier. The visit, the first by a foreign leader under Burnham, is intended to signal Britain's unwavering support for Kyiv. Burnham, the fifth British PM to deal with Zelenskyy since Russia's 2022 invasion, stated that Russia should be in no doubt of UK resolve until a just peace is achieved. The leaders visited a naval base in Portsmouth and met over 200 Ukrainian military personnel training in the UK. The UK announced it will give Ukraine the intellectual property for its Stone Cloak electronic warfare system, which jams Russian air defenses. The visit comes a day before Zelenskyy is expected to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington. The article also details ongoing drone and missile exchanges between Russia and Ukraine, including a Russian attack with 147 long-range drones, and strikes on infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.