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UK leader Starmer signs '100-year partnership' agreement with Ukraine during trip to Kyiv

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U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have signed a 100-year partnership agreement. It's part of a European show of support to continue helping Ukraine prevail in its nearly three-year war with Russia. The announcement on Thursday came days before Donald Trump is sworn in as U.S. president with what he says is a plan to end Europe’s biggest war since World War II. Starmer said that the landmark century-long agreement commits the two sides to cooperate on defense and on technology projects including drones.
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News video: Starmer and Zelenskyy lay wreaths for fallen soldiers

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Sir Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have laid wreaths at The Wall of Remembrance of the Fallen for Ukraine, as the prime minister visits Kyiv to sign a new long-term partnership deal with Ukraine. Starmer's unannounced visit is his first trip to the country since he took office in July. Report...

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