The prime minister said it will help ensure the country is "never again vulnerable to the kind of brutality inflicted on it by Russia".

Keir Starmer has made a surprise visit to Ukraine where he will sign a landmark 100-year partnership between Britain and the wartorn nation. The Prime Minister will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as they agree the historic tie-up.

Keir Starmer will travel to Ukraine in the coming weeks to discuss the possibility of deploying an international peacekeeping force there after the conflict with Russia has ended, his first visit to the war-torn nation since becoming UK prime minister half a year ago.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Ukraine to sign a new 100-year partnership to deepen security ties, the prime minister's office said in a statement on Thursday.

Sir Keir Starmer is travelling to Kyiv to sign what Downing Street is calling a "landmark 100-year partnership" with Ukraine. The pact would formalise economic and military support already pledged to the country,

Sir Keir Starmer said the 100 Year Partnership would cement the friendship between the two countries for the next century.

Sir Keir Starmer is making his first official visit to Ukraine since becoming prime minister, with plans for a "landmark" partnership deal This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.