Zelensky thanks UK for 'ironclad' support after meeting King

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met King Charles III astatine Windsor Castle connected Monday pursuing talks with Ukraine's European allies.

After their backstage meeting, Zelensky thanked the UK for its "ironclad" enactment and revealed helium planned to invitation the King for a authorities sojourn to Ukraine successful the future.

It comes aft the leaders of Ukraine, the UK, France and Germany published a associated connection calling for a "just and lasting" woody to extremity the warfare with Russia.

Following talks successful London connected Sunday, Zelensky, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said they would "stand firmly with Ukraine".

Taking to societal media aft his gathering with the King, Zelensky thanked the monarch and the radical of the UK for their ongoing support.

He besides shared an representation of himself alongside the King successful the halls of Windsor Castle.

Speaking to the Guardian paper aft his gathering with the King, Zelensky revealed helium planned to invitation Charles to Ukraine for an authoritative authorities sojourn arsenic aboriginal arsenic this year.

He was besides asked astir respective Reform UK councils making the determination to region Ukrainian flags from extracurricular municipality halls.

"I anticipation they volition enactment it back", Zelensky told the newspaper.

He added: "I don't privation to beryllium progressive successful immoderate governmental things, but you know, the satellite is truthful delicate today. Sometimes little, tiny mistakes tin interruption large friendships oregon immense contacts."

In response, a Reform spokesperson told the BBC: "It is an wholly tenable presumption to enactment the radical of Ukraine successful their combat against Russia, whilst besides believing that lone home flags should beryllium flown from nationalist buildings astatine home."

In a associated connection connected Sunday evening, Sir Keir, Macron and Merz called connected Russia to hold to an "immediate and implicit ceasefire" and condemned the country's "large-scale rocket and drone attacks" connected Ukrainian cities.

The 3 Western powers that met astatine 10 Downing Street represent the alleged E3 radical and are immoderate of Kyiv's strongest allies.

The UK and France pb the "coalition of the willing" inaugural to supply information guarantees for Ukraine arsenic portion of immoderate aboriginal bid process.