Burnham’s blunt four-word response to claim UK is adding ‘fuel to fire’ in Ukraine
- Prime minister Andy Burnham dismissed Moscow’s claims that Britain is fuelling the Ukraine conflict, asking “Who started the fire?” during a visit to Kyiv.
- Russia warned of retaliation following the UK’s announcement to provide Ukraine with long-range missile blueprints and drones to support its defence efforts.
- Marking his first foreign trip as Prime Minister, Burnham’s visit coincided with the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union.
- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky presented Burnham with an award for British support, asserting that Ukraine will not submit to Russian aggression.
- Burnham pledged that Russian threats would not deter the UK from aiding Ukraine as he prepared to chair a meeting of an Anglo-French coalition.
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