On Monday, 15 May Ukrainian President Zelensky met with Prime Minister of United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak.
Britain would send hundreds of new long-range attack drones with a range of over 200km to Ukraine, the government said on Monday after President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the country for talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
"The prime minister will confirm the further UK provision of hundreds of air defense missiles and further unmanned aerial systems including hundreds of new long-range attack drones with a range of over 200km," the government said in a statement.
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British political scientist Neil Watson told to EDnews that the actual benefits of this and other recent meetings between Zelensky and other European leaders for attaining world peace and reconciliation are questionable:
“Ukraine has certainly obtained a promise from the UK of the long-range missiles that it requested, and this comes on the back of a GBP2.4 billion defence aid package from Germany and a promise of tanks and armoured vehicles from France. The fact is that these three nations are the historic foes of the Soviet Union and Russia under Putin, who is regarded as representing continuity of this real or imaginary threat.”
According to him, this overly aggressive posturing is more concerned with attracting internal support in their respective countries:
“These leaders, and British Prime Minister Sunak in particular, who is from the right of the political spectrum, believe that being seen to be tough on Russia will enable him and his party to be viewed in a positive light. The ruling British Conservative party has experienced many problems during the past few years, and this is one topic that will unite the party behind their current leader and will enhance their popularity in the general election in the near future. That this will in no way result in peace is immaterial.”
“In my view, there is a severe need for understanding of Russia’s position by the western world, even if we cannot agree on its aggressive actions. Only then can Putin feel able to come to the negotiations table and an end to this impasse be found”, British political scientist concluded.
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