On 8 February 2023, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, visited the United Kingdom.

During his trip, Zelenskyy met Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of the United Kingdom at the time.

[1][2][3][4] On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014.

He was greeted on the tarmac at Stansted by the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, who invited Zelenskyy to 10 Downing Street.

[citation needed] Zelenskyy had an audience with King Charles III,[11] before visiting Ukrainian troops being trained at Lulworth Camp in Dorset.