UK PM Andy Burnham to visit Kyiv on Monday as Ukraine marks independence anniversary

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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is scheduled to visit Kyiv on Monday to mark Ukraine’s 35th independence anniversary and express strong support amid ongoing conflict with Russia. The visit includes cooperation in defense, with plans allowing UK firm MBDA to share classified information for missile production in Ukraine.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will visit Kyiv on Monday on his first international visit since taking office last month, his office said, as Ukraine marks its 35th independence anniversary. Burnham has vowed to give strong support to Ukraine as it battles Russia’s invasion. The Labour Party leader’s visit comes as he announced that Britain had “agreed that defence firm MBDA can release classified information on UK components for the long-range missile, SCALP, to establish local assembly...