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Mr Burnham is expected to use the visit to announce an acceleration of military support for Ukraine, and to pledge further rounds of sanctions aimed at Moscow.
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Burnham → expect → Moscow
He was asked by Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey to outline his stance after the deal at the weekend, as he said it was a “shameful betrayal of the Ukrainian people and European security”.
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it → ask → people
Mr Burnham said: “Obviously I’m looking very much at my meeting with President Zelensky in a couple of hours.
“I called him on Saturday because I recognised it was another very dark and difficult moment for him as they contemplate a winter that will be severe for his people.
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that → say → people
I recognise that he is carrying the heaviest of weights right now, and it is extremely difficult for him.
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it → recognise → him
“What I have to do in my role is try and repair bridges so that the support comes back.
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support → do → bridges
“Therefore I should, at this moment in time, be careful in terms of laying the ground to bring people back together.
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I → lay → people
That is the role I intend to play.
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I → intend → ?
It’s the right role for me to play in this moment.
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me → ’ → moment
“I will listen to President Zelensky carefully, but he won’t be going away from Britain today empty-handed.”
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he → listen → Britain
“The Prime Minister studiously avoided commenting on Trump’s behaviour on Monday, but this House does deserve to know his position, as does, frankly, President Zelensky and our brave Ukrainian allies.”
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Zelensky → avoid → position
Speaking at the start of Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons on Wednesday, Mr Burnham said British support for Ukraine is “unwavering” and he had asked for further military and financial support plans to be drawn up “ready for the coming weeks”.
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plans → speak → weeks
The accelerated support will see faster deliveries of British lightweight multirole missiles to Ukraine, which have proved effective against Russian jet-powered drones.
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which → accelerate → drones
The UK will also urge its allies to increase the pressure on Russia, with Chancellor John Healey using IMF meetings in Bangkok to call for a ban on Russian liquified natural gas (LNG).
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Healey → urge → gas
The meeting in Downing Street follows what Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband described as a “very difficult few days” in relations with Washington following Mr Trump’s decision to ease sanctions on Russian diesel ahead of US mid-term elections overshadowed by rising fuel prices.
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Miliband → follow → prices
The UK responded to news of the deal by pledging to “maintain pressure on Russia”.
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UK → respond → Russia
Recent days have also seen the US president suggesting Ukraine needs a new leader and claiming Mr Putin wants a peace deal more than the government in Kyiv.
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Putin → see → Kyiv
And on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president said his government had received no warning from its partners about a Russian ballistic missile strike the previous evening, raising fears the US had stopped sharing intelligence with Kyiv.
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US → say → Kyiv
But Mr Trump insisted the US was still sharing intelligence with Ukraine as he left the White House for a campaign trip to Alaska later the same day.
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he → insist → Alaska
On Tuesday night, Mr Zelensky said Ukraine had suffered further ballistic missile attacks with no warning, including a strike on one of Kyiv’s main power plants.
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Ukraine → say → plants
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