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Boris Johnson has met Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine as Russia threatens war with the West.
In an apparent dig at other politicians the Ukrainian president tweeted: “I am grateful for his attention to Ukraine and support in providing the necessary international assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Ukrainians always remember those who stand by them.”
Earlier he expressed his frustration at the continued restrictions on the use of Western weaponry against Russian targets.
He said that after meeting the foreign secretary David Lammy and his US counterpart Antony Blinken this week “there should be no unanswered questions” about why Ukraine needs long-range capabilities.
Vladimir Putin has said his country would be “at war” with Nato if the west allowed long-range weapons to be used against Russia.
In his statement, Mr Zelensky said: “When we ask for these systems, we repeatedly hear, ‘We are working on it’.
“Time passes, but Russian missiles and Iranian drones continue to terrorise our skies and our people. Our soldiers are showing incredible heroism, but they need reinforcements.
“These reinforcements mean equipped, ready-to-fight units in sufficient numbers to not only hold ground but regain it. We have been asking for this from our partners for months.
“I am grateful to those who made the commitments and are fulfilling them, but we are still far from fully implementing what has been agreed.
“It’s difficult to repeatedly hear, ‘We are working on this,’ while Putin continues to burn down our cities and villages.”
