Carlos III receives Zelenski at Buckingham Palace in a special meeting

The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, visited the United Kingdom by surprise on Wednesday, for the first time since the outbreak of the war, to thank the help received so far by London, his second largest donor following Washington, and to redouble his efforts to obtain fighter jets. of combat.

He King Charles III received this Wednesday the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, for the first time in a “very special audience” in Buckingham Palace.

Until then, the politician and president conveyed the gratitude of all Ukrainians to the monarch for supporting his country once morest Russia.

The sovereign received the Ukrainian leader in the famous 1844 room of the palace with a wide smile and a handshake.

This, following Zelensky had met with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the conservative Rishi Sunak, in the morning and appeared before Parliament.

King Charles greeted Volodymyr Zelensky at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.

The monarch told the Ukrainian president: “we’ve all been worried regarding you and thinking regarding your country for so long”. pic.twitter.com/JZb0msNAMg

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Before his meeting with the monarch, in his previous speech before the deputies in Westminster Hall, Zelenski had highlighted that “The king is an air force pilot and in Ukraine today every air force pilot is a king.”

The politician anticipated that his scheduled meeting with Carlos III would be a “truly special moment” for him and for his country.

This, then, would transfer “The words of gratitude from all Ukrainians for the support shown by His Majesty when he was still Prince of Wales.”

In May 2022, the still Prince Charles spoke regarding the “nightmare situation” who lived in Ukraine.

The above, following the Russian invasion during a trip to Romania to meet with refugees who had fled the war.

For Zelensky, the UK is the third foreign country he has visited since the start of the war on February 24, 2022. This, following last December he moved to the United States and Poland.