U.K.’s Starmer visits Ukraine to pledge support amid Russian air raid

The arrival of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Kyiv on Thursday morning to sign a “100 year” security and trade agreement was accompanied by the sound of explosions as air defenses fended off an apparent Russian attack.

Shortly after noon local time, air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv, warning of an attack from an incoming drone. A few minutes later, blasts could be heard from the city’s air defense systems, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram. Debris from the damaged drone struck a car, but there were no casualties.

The attack was part of a larger assault by Russian attack drones, Ukraine’s air force wrote on Telegram.

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