Nearly straight after New Year our PM Keir Starmer met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. But this was not just a simple friendly meeting, our PM attended a presentation of Ukrainian military drones.

The pledge of our PM was to put Ukraine in the strongest possible position. This was also a trip to Kyiv where he signed a remarkable landmark, a 100-year pact with the war-stricken country.

There were reported loud blasts and air raid sirens where Ukraine claimed that they were hit by Russian drone attack, however was intercepted by Ukraine’s defence systems. No such confirmation has come from the Russian. Was this yet another perfect scenario prepared from previous comedian Zelensky for our PM? 

After the end of its third year of war between Russia and Ukraine it is estimated one million people have been killed or wounded so far. As the invasion reaches the end of its third year, Ukraine is losing territory in the east.

There was never any shadow of the doubt that Zelensky praised the UK’s commitment, amid wider concerns that the US President-elect Donald Trump, who is set to take office on Monday, could potentially reduce aid. Zelensky is looking to firm up security guarantees from key allies as there are worries the US – which is Ukraine’s biggest financial backer – could start pushing Ukraine to make peace with Russia. Our PM went out with quite a bold statement: “We are with you not just today, for this year or the next – but for 100 years!"

He also said that the UK would work with all its allies to ensure that any deal ending the war would be strong enough to “guarantee Ukraine’s security” and “deter any future aggression.”

Make no mistakes, Zelensky has previously asked for the UK, as well as other European allies like France and Germany to send troops to Ukraine for a peacekeeping operation "after the war". Luckily for British soldiers, Starmer has not confirmed whether the UK would deploy troops.

We have to remind ourselves that nearly £13bn has already been given to Ukraine and not even mention that the UK pledged to support £3bn every year for as long as it takes. Excuse me, as long as it takes? However we must not forget further UK military support, including the delivery of a new mobile air defence system - designed by the UK and apparently funded by Denmark. However in this circus cat and mouse we must not forget economic aid, healthcare support, and the least but not last increased military collaboration on maritime security, drone technology and the UK will continue to train Ukrainian troops upon more that 50,000 have been already trained on British soil.