Wes Streeting has vowed to stand with Ukraine ‘until they prevail’ during his first visit to Kyiv as Andy Burnham‘s defence secretary.
The politician, 43, said Russia is losing the war – hours after a wave of their ballistic missile and drone attacks on the city left at least 17 people dead and 44 injured.
The comments were made on Wednesday during Streeting’s first visit to Kyiv as defence secretary, having resigned as Sir Keir Starmer‘s health secretary in May.
While in Ukraine, the MP pledged the UK’s loyalty to the war-torn country, adding: ‘The prime minister and I both felt it was important
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