{"id":58404,"date":"2026-06-09T04:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=58404"},"modified":"2026-06-09T04:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:10:13","slug":"zelensky-thanks-uk-for-ironclad-support-after-meeting-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=58404","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky thanks UK for &#8216;ironclad&#8217; support after meeting King"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBC:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met King Charles III at Windsor Castle on Monday following talks with Ukraine&#8217;s European allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After their private meeting, Zelensky thanked the UK for its &#8220;ironclad&#8221; support and revealed he planned to invite the King for a state visit to Ukraine in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It comes after the leaders of Ukraine, the UK, France and Germany published a joint statement calling for a &#8220;just and lasting&#8221; deal to end the war with Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cr7xr1g3nvvo\">Following talks in London on Sunday<\/a>, Zelensky, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said they would &#8220;stand firmly with Ukraine&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking to social media after his meeting with the King, Zelensky thanked the monarch and the people of the UK for their ongoing support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also shared an image of himself alongside the King in the halls of Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to the Guardian newspaper after his meeting with the King, Zelensky revealed he planned to invite Charles to Ukraine for an official state visit as early as this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was also asked about several Reform UK councils making the decision to remove Ukrainian flags from outside town halls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I hope they will put it back,&#8221; Zelensky told the newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added: &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to be involved in any political things, but you know, the world is so sensitive today. Sometimes little, small mistakes can break big friendships or huge contacts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response, a Reform spokesperson told the BBC: &#8220;It is an entirely reasonable position to support the people of Ukraine in their fight against Russia, whilst also believing that only domestic flags should be flown from public buildings at home.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a joint statement on Sunday evening, Sir Keir, Macron and Merz called on Russia to agree to an &#8220;immediate and complete ceasefire&#8221; and condemned the country&#8217;s &#8220;large-scale missile and drone attacks&#8221; on Ukrainian cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three Western powers that met at 10 Downing Street constitute the so-called E3 group and are some of Kyiv&#8217;s strongest allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK and France lead the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c9vygkzkkrvo\">&nbsp;&#8220;coalition of the willing&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;initiative to provide security guarantees for Ukraine as part of any future peace process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met King Charles III at Windsor Castle on Monday following talks with Ukraine&#8217;s European allies. After their private meeting, Zelensky thanked the UK for its &#8220;ironclad&#8221; support and revealed he planned to invite the King for a state visit to Ukraine in the future. It comes after the leaders of Ukraine, the UK, France and Germany published a joint statement calling for a &#8220;just and lasting&#8221; deal to end the war with Russia. Following talks in London on Sunday, Zelensky, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58406,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58404\/revisions\/58406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}