Sir Keir Starmer has hailed the "historic" new agreement signed today with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which sets out co-operation between the countries that will stretch into the next century. The prime minister added, "we are with you, not just today or tomorrow, for this year or the next, but for a hundred years, long after this terrible war is over". Starmer was speaking at a join press conference with Zelenskyy on his first visit to Ukraine since being elected as prime minister. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We've had an excellent meeting today, not just productive, but historic, because together
00:07we signed a landmark agreement, the very first of its kind, a new partnership between UK
00:14and Ukraine that reflects the huge affection that exists between our two nations.
00:20And I'm proud to speak for the whole of the United Kingdom when I say we are with you,
00:27not just today or tomorrow, for this year or the next, but for a hundred years, long
00:35after this terrible war is over and Ukraine is free and thriving once again.
00:42Let's be clear, we all want this war to end, no one wants that more than Ukraine, but right
00:50now Putin shows no sign of wanting peace when it comes to training Ukraine's defenders.
00:58Nothing is off the table.
01:00The British people believe in this cause, and I know they would be as moved as I am
01:08by what I've seen here today.
01:11I visited a building mere metres from the office of the President, destroyed by Russian drones.
01:21And I visited the victims of Russian action, soldiers and civilians, innocent people fighting
01:30to recover from horrendous burns.
01:34So Vladimir, we stand with you, from our NHS specialists working in that burns unit, to
01:41the British communities who've taken Ukrainian families into their hearts and into their
01:46homes, to the blue and yellow flags that fly in every town and village up and down the
01:53United Kingdom.
01:55All those symbols of our solidarity find expression in the hundred-year partnership that we have
02:02agreed today.
02:04The history of the 21st century is being written here and now.
02:09It is our strength together that will set it on the right path.