Keir Starmer arrives in Kyiv for farewell visit as British PM – Europe live

Arrival of outgoing British leader comes as Zelenskyy faces outrage after removing popular defence ministerVolodymyr Zelenskyy is facing public outrage this morning over his decision to remove Ukraine’s popular defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, as he welcomes the UK’s departing prime minister Keir Starmer to Kyiv.The Ukrainian president moves to oust Fedorov despite pleas from foreign partners and civil society for him to keep his job, as part of wide-ranging government reshuffle which also saw Yulia Svyrydenko leave the post of the prime minister. Continue reading...