UKRAINE WAR BRIEFING: KYIV ‘WILL WIN THIS WAR’, KEIR STARMER TELLS ZELENSKYY ON FINAL TRIP AS PM

AT A GLANCE

In final visit to Kyiv while in office, the outgoing British prime minister also says the UK’s resolve to support Ukraine ‘will not waver’. What we know on day 1,605 Keir Starmer has said he believes Ukraine will win the war against Russia as he ended his final visit to the country while in office.

Starmer met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Thursday and told Sky News in an interview: “I believe Ukraine will win this war.” He added: “What they’ve shown is that it’s not just the size of your… And so they are probably the most effective fighting machine in Europe.” Starmer’s visit came on his final full day as Labour leader, with the British leader saying the handover would not change the relationship… “The fact that there will be a new prime minister in the United Kingdom, in the days to come, doesn’t change that dynamic at all,” he said.

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• The Guardian: In final visit to Kyiv while in office, the outgoing British prime minister also says the UK’s resolve to support Ukraine ‘will not waver’.
• The Guardian: What we know on day 1,605 Keir Starmer has said he believes Ukraine will win the war against Russia as he ended his final visit to the country while in office.
• The Guardian: Starmer met Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Thursday and told Sky News in an interview: “I believe Ukraine will win this war.” He added: “What they’ve shown is that it’s not just the size of your…
• The Guardian: And so they are probably the most effective fighting machine in Europe.” Starmer’s visit came on his final full day as Labour leader, with the British leader saying the handover would not change the relationship…
• The Guardian: “The fact that there will be a new prime minister in the United Kingdom, in the days to come, doesn’t change that dynamic at all,” he said.

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• Topic: UK — the feed headline centres on UKRAINE, BRIEFING, KYIV, WILL, KEIR.
• Original feed: The Guardian.
• Published: 17 Jul 2026, 01:31 UK.
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