UK PM Burnham vows support for Ukraine despite 'outrageous threats' from Russia

Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, Burnham accepts an award from Volodymyr Zelensky on behalf of the British people recognising the UK's support for UkraineByHenry Moore and Imogen JamesAndy Burnham has promised to keep up the pressure on Russia despite Moscow's "outrageous threats", on his first official visit to Ukraine as UK prime minister.Burnham met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and chaired his first meeting of the "coalition of the willing", set up by the UK and France under his predecessor Sir Keir Starmer.He said the coalition was "doing everything we can" while urging the US Congress to "ratchet up" economic pressure on Russia.The government is set to hand over blueprints for British-made components for the Scalp missile, a French version of the UK's Storm Shadow cruise missile - allowing Ukraine to produce the weapon domestically.During the meeting with France and Ukraine, Burnham said allies were doing "everything we can" to "dig into our own stocks and help others dig into their stocks" of air defences to protect Ukraine."This is the moment to keep up the pressure on Russia, the moment to squeeze their ability to fund this illegal war," Burnh...