Britain stands behind Zelenskyy, says Streeting after Trump’s call for new leader in Ukraine

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UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said Britain supports Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after Donald Trump called for a new Ukrainian leader. Streeting argued that Ukrainians should choose their own leadership and emphasized maintaining Western unity amid the war with Russia and controversy over a US-Russia diesel deal.

Defence secretary backs Ukrainian president and says priority is to maintain western unity over Russia conflict Britain stands behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the defence secretary has said, after Donald Trump called for the Ukrainian president to be replaced and the US announced a controversial agreement to buy Russian diesel. Wes Streeting said Ukrainians alone should be able to decide who led their country as he indicated Trump was facing domestic political pressure over fuel prices ahead of next month’s US midterm elections. Continue reading...