Blasts in Kyiv as UK’s Starmer inks ‘landmark’ 100-year accord

TDT | Manama

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a “landmark” 100-year partnership agreement with Ukraine during an unannounced visit to the wartorn country yesterday, seeking to shore up support for Kyiv before Donald Trump returns to the White House.

Loud blasts and air raid sirens rang out over the Ukrainian capital after Starmer’s arrival as air defence systems in cen-tral Kyiv repelled a Russian drone attack, officials and AFP journalists reported.

In Starmer’s first official visit to Kyiv since taking office last July, he pledged stead fast support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion, and said any deal to end the fighting must “guarantee” Ukraine’s security and independence.