By Oleksandr Kozhukhar and Pavel
Polityuk
June 6, 20229:33 PM UTC
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits a position of
Ukrainian service members, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in
Lysychansk, Luhansk region, Ukraine June 5, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press
Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
KYIV, June 6 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
said on Monday that the United Kingdom has been providing weapons Kyiv needs to
fight the war with Russia and thanked Prime Minister Boris Johnson for
"complete" understanding of the needs.
Britain said on Monday that, in coordination with the United
States, it will supply Ukraine with multiple-launch rocket systems that can
strike targets up to 80 km (50 miles) away as part of a new UK military aid for
Kyiv. read more
"I am grateful to Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the
complete understanding of our demands and preparedness to provide Ukraine with
exactly the weapons that it so needs to protect the lives of our people,"
Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.
On Monday, Ukrainian and Russian troops fought street by street
for control of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk in a pivotal battle of
the Kremlin offensive in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. read more
Zelenskiy and Johnson held a phone conversation in which,
Zelenskiy earlier said, the two were "looking for ways to avoid the food
crisis & unblock (Ukraine's) ports," referring to Russia's naval
blockade of Ukraine which has left the latter unable to export much of its
agricultural produce. read more
Reporting by Oleksandr Kozhukhar and Pavel Polityuk, writing by
Lidia Kelly and Max Hunder, Editing by Catherine Evans and Cynthia Osterman
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