Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would “pray” that Boris Johnson’s resignation as leader of the Conservative Party paving the way for the election of a new British prime minister will not affect the pace of military aid sent to Britain in Ukraine.
In an interview with CNN, Zelenskyy said he was “sure that British policy towards Ukraine will not change as a result of Boris Johnson’s resignation” and that the relationship between the two countries had deepened after the Russian invasion of neighboring territories.
“We went through a lot of dramatic moments very quickly. The help we needed was delivered very quickly. Whether (his dismissal) will affect this speed of assistance I do not know. I’m going to pray to God that this doesn’t have any repercussions that’s helping,” he said.
Following the announcement that Johnson would be stepping down, made by the Prime Minister after a series of pressures from another political scandal in the UK, Zelensky called the Englishman to express his sadness at his decision.
“We all received the news with sadness. Not just me, but the entire Ukrainian society, which sympathizes with you very much,” Zelenskyy Johnson said, according to the presidential office in Kyiv.
Boris Johnson visited Kyiv twice after the start of the war in Ukraine, and the UK, along with other Western allies gathered in NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), has sent weapons to Ukraine to fight Russia on its territory .
Russia: [Boris Johnson] don’t like us and we don’t like him
For its part, the Kremlin took the resignation as an opportunity to criticize Johnson and his government and to point out the “failure” of liberal democracies.
Johnson’s government has sanctioned dozens of Russian billionaires with Kremlin ties, saying their money is no longer welcome in Britain.
“We hope that one day more professional people will come to power in the UK who can make decisions through dialogue,” Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterday. “But at the moment there is little hope for that.”
“He really doesn’t like us. And neither do we. [gostamos dele]’ said Peskov.