UKRAINIAN MP Lesia Vasylenko believes Britain’s support for the war-torn country will only GROW after Boris Johnson leaves Number 10.
In an interview with GB News presenter Alastair Stewart, Vasylenko insisted she has no doubts Britain’s support will continue whether Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss wins the race.
Speaking to GB News, she said: “I do not have doubts in the support that the UK is providing us because again, the British political spectrum is reflective of what the people in Britain are feeling towards Ukraine and Ukrainians.
“And at the moment, what I see and what I feel myself is that the British people are very much in line with helping Ukraine and very much committed to helping Ukraine.
“I believe that both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will do a great job taking the baseline set by Boris Johnson, as what it is; a baseline. And we’ll just only augment and grow on that support.”
Discussing the ongoing war in Ukraine, Vasylenko explained that Ukraine is making headway to push the Russian army back. She said: “More weapons, if they’d been delivered in time, would have changed the situation much quicker. It’s fair to say that it’s in everyone’s interests to see this war – this war of aggression – that Russia is waging on Ukraine, to end as quickly as possible.
“It’s in the interest of Ukraine and Ukrainians like myself but it’s also in the interest of British people, French people and Americans who are helping and are forced to help Ukraine fight its aggressor and the Russian totalitarian regime.”
Russia has been forced back in recent days, as the war wages on. Vasylenko explained the war could continue on until the end of the year, she said: “They retreat to regroup and to launch more attacks, and this is why Ukraine’s request for sustainable deliveries of weapons is still there on the table. We need to have all the means, the instruments, to fight against Russia’s possible aggressive outbursts, which will be there and will be there throughout autumn and the winter if Russia is not pushed back.
“The past experience has shown us loud and clear that that country, with Vladimir Putin in its leadership, does not understand anything but a force bigger than itself and this is what Ukraine has to become. This is what Ukraine is bound to become with the assistance Ukraine is getting from all our different partners.”
“I think that we’re in a good place right now, and it’s crucial that we continue this good tradition that has finally been formed. Because it did take some time for the level of weapon deliveries to come to where we are now and did take some persuasion and a lot of work to actually make sure that there is an understanding across the democracies in the world that this is needed in order for Russia to stop acting aggressively, and in order for the fight to be contained and in order for Ukraine to actually take this fight and win it.”
Last month, Prime Ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak vowed he would do ‘whatever it takes’ to support Ukraine against Russia. In an interview, he stated: “If I become Prime Minister, I will redouble our efforts and reinforce our policy of total support for Ukraine that Boris has so ably led.”
Liz Truss has previously stated she would be Ukraine’s “greatest friend” if she won the leadership race and said she would call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy straight away.
