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We are behind you and that will not change, PM tells Zelensky
Watch: Burnham welcomes Zelensky to No 10 with military ceremonial guard
"We are behind you and that will not change," Andy Burnham has told Volodymyr Zelensky, as he hosted the Ukrainian leader in Downing Street.
Zelensky was in London as part of efforts to reinforce backing from allies after Donald Trump called for him to go and lifted sanctions on Russian diesel.
The prime minister said Ukraine was willing to discuss an energy ceasefire proposed by the US president but said Russia's response had been "further attacks on critical national infrastructure in Ukraine".
Zelensky said: "Our people, we survived and continue to do this because we have strong partners and I'm very proud that we have one of the strongest partners in our history and it's your people, Andy."
The Ukrainian president was greeted with a hug from Burnham, cheers from civil servants and a rare honour guard as he arrived in Downing Street.
Ahead of Zelensky's arrival, No 10 announced it would speed up delivery of lightweight multirole missiles to Ukraine, which have been used to bring down Russian drones.
Ukrainian officials have said that overnight strikes by Russian missiles and drones had left at least 600,000 people without electricity.
For the second consecutive night, Ukraine said it had not received advanced warning from its allies of a wave of missile strikes coming from Russia.
Zelensky has suggested the US had threatened to restrict intelligence-sharing unless he agreed to sign up to an energy ceasefire. Trump has denied the US is holding back information.