In London, he will hold talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Zelensky also announced a personal audience with King Charles III.
“Our priorities are clear: more security and opportunity for Ukraine. I thank the UK for its help and partnership,” the head of state wrote.
In the video published by the president, he is met at the airport by the Ukrainian Ambassador to London Valeriy Zaluzhny.
Zelensky's press secretary Sergei Nikiforov, in a comment to reporters, indicated that the president's visit will begin with a reception with the British monarch at Buckingham Palace at 16.00 Kyiv time. “European Truth” writes about this.
After 18.00 the President of Ukraine will speak in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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The UK became the second country after the US that Zelensky visited after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. On February 8, 2023, he flew to London on a Royal Air Force plane – unannounced for security reasons. Zelensky met with King Charles III and Prime Minister Sunak, spoke before both houses of parliament and presented the helmet of a Ukrainian pilot to the Speaker of the House of Commons.
In October 2024, Zelensky flew to negotiations with Starmer, which Rutte also joined. The central topic was permission to use British long-range weapons for strikes against the Russian Federation, and at the same time London announced the start of training for Ukrainian pilots.
On October 24, 2025, Zelensky participated in a meeting of the “coalition of the willing” in London and met with Charles III again; this was his third audience with the British monarch in a year.
On December 8, 2025, an EU summit was held in Downing Street with the participation of Zelensky, Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The parties discussed a peace plan for Ukraine and security guarantees following the war.
