As the Russian military operation has continued since February 24, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a call between them Saturday, that he is more committed than ever to supporting Ukraine, according to a spokesman from Johnson’s office.
Johnson stressed that Britain will continue to provide additional military aid to give the Ukrainians the equipment they need to defend themselves.
He also offered to continue British support in the economic and humanitarian fields, according to Reuters.
‘barbaric and unjustified’
This came after the British Foreign Office stressed, earlier on Saturday, that what it described as the “Russian attack” on Ukraine was “barbaric and totally unjustified”, in response to the statements made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during an exclusive interview with “Al Arabiya/ the event”.
The British Foreign Office told “Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath” that Britain will work with the allies to ensure that those responsible for all violations that occurred on Ukrainian soil are held accountable.
She also stressed that “Russian operations on Ukrainian territory are a barbaric and unjustified attack against a sovereign democratic state,” adding: “We will work with our allies to ensure that those responsible for the atrocities are held accountable.”
Stop the supply of weapons to Kyiv
Lavrov had stressed in an exclusive interview with “Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath” on Friday that his country was not in enmity or war with the West, stressing that it was the leaders of NATO countries who lined up against his country.
He also explained that the military operation launched by his country on Ukrainian territory came in order to protect the population in the Donbass region and other regions in eastern Ukraine, after years of violations, as he put it.
He also urged Western countries to stop supplying Kyiv with weapons, considering it aggravating matters and obstructing the solution, stressing the right of Russian forces to target any arms shipments on Ukrainian soil.
It is noteworthy that since the launch of the Russian operation on the territory of the western neighbor on February 24, Britain, as well as other European countries and the United States, have lined up alongside Ukraine, showering it with weapons and equipment, while thousands of sanctions have been imposed on Moscow.
