{"id":19478,"date":"2026-07-28T03:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19478"},"modified":"2026-07-28T03:59:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:59:22","slug":"britains-andy-burnham-hosts-president-volodymyr-zelensky-at-naval-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=19478","title":{"rendered":"Britain&#8217;s Andy Burnham hosts President Volodymyr Zelensky at naval base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">July 27 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> New British Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Andy_Burnham\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Andy Burnham\" class=\"tpstyle\">Andy Burnham<\/a> hosted Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Volodymyr-Zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Volodymyr Zelensky\" class=\"tpstyle\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> on Monday at a Royal Navy base training Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky&#8217;s visit was the first of any foreign leader since Burnham took over as prime minister. Burnham said the visit was meant to &#8220;send a very clear message&#8221; about the United Kingdom&#8217;s support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Russia-Ukraine-War\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"War in Ukraine\" class=\"tpstyle\">Ukraine<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To put it simply, Volodymyr, I want you to know that we&#8217;ve got your back, that you can count on me and you can count on us,&#8221; Burnham said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cy8me5vyjg2o\" target=\"_blank\">BBC News reported<\/a>. &#8220;You can count on the UK for as long as it takes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky said Ukraine&#8217;s relationship with the UK is &#8220;stronger than ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Burnham also announced a deal permitting Ukraine to mass-manufacture Stone Cloak electronic warfare technology, which is fitted to drones to make them invisible to air defense radar.<\/p>\n<p>Downing Street said that after Ukraine begins using Stone Cloak, it will be incorporated into Britain&#8217;s next generation of long-range weapons, including from Project Brakestop, which is developing low-cost cruise missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Burnham said Stone Cloak was &#8220;the best of homegrown British innovation and proven on the frontline, and it will be vital to protecting our security in both our countries.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>Burnham and Zelensky were also to meet with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/07\/27\/zelensky-is-first-foreign-leader-visit-burnham-uks-new-prime-minister\/\" target=\"_blank\">more than 200 Ukrainian service members taking part in Exercise Sea Breeze<\/a>, a maritime training deployment involving Ukraine and 14 other countries aimed at boosting warfighting capabilities and tactics to deal with mines in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the visit, Burnham said the fact Zelensky was his first international visitor &#8220;illustrates the strength of the relationship between the two nations,&#8221; vowing to emulate the personal commitment to Zelensky shown by his predecessor, Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My support for Ukraine is unwavering &#8212; it is 100%. And I will do what, in Ukraine, people think is the right thing that they need,&#8221; said Burnham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Britain stands with Ukraine, shoulder to shoulder, and our support remains unwavering. Russia should be in no doubt of our resolve, and we will not back down until we achieve a long-lasting and just peace for Ukraine,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2081706198500257990\" target=\"_blank\">post on X<\/a>, Zelensky thanked Britain, saying that Ukraine valued that it could &#8220;always count on Britain&#8217;s principled decisions, leadership, and support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Total British support to Ukraine since Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion in February 2022 is $33.3 billion, $21.3 billion of it military assistance, figures put out by Downing Street show, with bipartisan consensus across the previous administrations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/topic\/Boris_Johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Boris Johnson\" class=\"tpstyle\">Boris Johnson<\/a>, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.\n<\/p>\n<p>Starmer&#8217;s final act as prime minister was to visit with Zelensky in Kyiv on July 17, his last official day as leader of the Labour Party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"slide-image-container\" onclick=\"st_ss_sh293();\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/collection\/ph\/upi\/16701\/04d76aa25ba24e1344a8be5d544fee63\/Historic-July-moments-through-the-years_1_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"648\" height=\"431\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stph_caption\">Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. 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