Rishi Sunak says sending long-range weapons to Ukraine can give it a decisive advantage against Russia

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended this Wednesday the proposal to provide more long-range weapons to Ukraine so that their Armed forces rely “a decisive advantage” on the battlefield against Russia.

“We are always looking for ways to do more as the conditions on the battlefield are constantly changing. One of the things that can change the situation on the ground is the provision of longer range weapons’ ‘ , Sunak said in Statements to Ukrainian media collected by ‘Evropeiska Pravda’.

The Prime Minister” of United Kingdom He is convinced that with the necessary help from London and its allies, Russia’s war against Ukraine can be ended.”quickly”.

In this regard, he stressed the need to provide the necessary support to Ukraine to Kyiv the means to obtain “a decisive decision”, stressing the importance of providing support “now” so that Ukrainian troops can fight against Russia in the face of its announced new offensive.

The UK has previously announced that it will supply Ukraine with more long-range weapons, which will be accompanied by missiles. Harpoonwhich have a maximum range of 240 kilometers, and missiles storm shadow, which can hit targets at a distance of up to 560 kilometers, according to the newspaper ‘The temperature’.

Also, the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenskydefended last week the need for long-range missiles to strengthen the Ukrainian army’s ability to face Russia.

“There are significant statements from world leaders supporting our state and there are indications that they will strengthen our defense with weapons… This applies especially to longer-range missiles,” Zelensky said. in his daily video message.

For his part, he President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, arrived this Thursday at Kyiv meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Vladimir Zelensky and express his country’s support for Ukraine, one day before the first anniversary of the start of the Russian military invasion.

“I return to kyiv a year after the start of the war“Sánchez wrote on his Twitter account. “We will stand by Ukraine and its people until peace returns to Europeadded the leader, who posted a video of getting off a train and walking along the station platform in the Ukrainian capital.

This is Sánchez’s second visit to Ukraine since the start of the invasion.

The first of these visits took place on April 21, when, like today, Sánchez traveled to a Spanish Air Force aircraft in Poland, then went to the station from where the night train departed which took him to the Ukrainian capital.

On this occasion, he traveled with the Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksenand both met with Zelensky and held a joint press conference.

The head of the Spanish government is the third foreign leader to visit Kyiv this weekafter the President of the United States, Joe Biden and the head of the Italian government, Giorgia Melonwill visit Ukraine on Monday and Tuesday.

Sánchez was received at Kyiv station by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Ukrainian Ambassador in Madrid and the Spanish Ambassador to Ukraine.