Financial assistance is crucial to cover social and humanitarian expenditures of the Ukrainian budget, while nearly all country’s tax revenues are spent on the military.
His comments came amid media reports about the upcoming British decision to allow Ukraine use British Storm Shadow missiles against targets on Russian territory.
The G7 countries have access to nearly $300 billion of Russian reserves frozen two years ago. However, they have not used them to pay for Ukraine's aid yet.
Talks are going on with the USA, Germany, Italy, France, Canada, and Poland to sign security agreements similar to the first such agreement that Ukraine signed with the UK on 12 January 2024, said Vladyslav Vlasyuk, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office on the TV air.
The UK-Ukraine agreement on security cooperation signed on 12 January 2024 became Ukraine's first security agreement with a NATO country and will be valid until Ukraine becomes a NATO member.
This first step can potentially lead to the beginning of the production of artillery systems and other advanced weapons in Ukraine by the UK defense contractor. BAE Systems will begin by using Ukrainian industrial facilities to make spare parts for BAE's 105mm artillery -- a similar strategy to German Rheinmetall, which announced in August it will start production in Ukraine.
Boris Johnson visited Kyiv on 8 September 2023, speaking at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) forum. On 9 September, he traveled to the west Ukrainian city of Lviv by ordinary train, where he met with the city mayor, paid tribute to the fallen defenders in Lychakiv cemetery and also near the memorial of the Heavenly Hundred commemorating nearly 100 protesters killed during the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine in 2014.
Ukraine's military leaders met with top US and UK generals, discussing the current state of Ukrainian operations and the further needs of the military, with a special focus on drones.