Boris Johnson salutes Ukraine’s ‘finest hour’ in speech to parliament in Kyiv

The British prime minister will echo the words of Winston Churchill as he sets out a new €357m package of support for the Ukrainian military.

Boris Johnson with President Volodymyr Zelensky, during his visit to Kyiv in April (Ukraine Government/PA)

Boris Johnson will salute the resistance of Ukrainians in the face of the brutal Russian invasion, telling them it is their country’s “finest hour” in an address to the parliament in Kyiv.

In a speech by video link to the Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday, the British prime minister will echo the words of Winston Churchill as he sets out a new £300m (€357m) package of support for the Ukrainian military.