British foreign minister meets with Zelenskyy, announces $68.7M financial package

British Foreign Minister David Lammy met Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy successful Kyiv and announced a caller $68.7 cardinal fiscal bundle for Ukraine arsenic its warfare with Russia continues.

"Our enactment for Ukraine remains unbreakable," Lammy said. "We are determined to enactment Ukraine successful the strongest imaginable position, some successful its combat against Russia and beyond."

Later Wednesday, Zelenskyy told reporters that an planetary unit of troops would beryllium needed if forces were deployed to Ukraine successful the lawsuit of a ceasefire woody with Russia.

It would beryllium a "major mistake" if U.S. troops were not included, the president said. "This isn't conscionable a substance of numbers. It's astir sharing work and ensuring information guarantees."

Ukraine and Russia exchanged captured soldiers connected Wednesday. Each state returned 150 prisoners of war.

Zelenskyy shared connected Telegram photographs of immoderate of the Ukrainian soldiers, saying, "They are each from antithetic sectors of the front, but they person 1 happening successful communal — they fought for Ukraine."

A Ukrainian drone onslaught sparked a occurrence astatine an lipid depot successful Russia's Krasnodar region, the area's politician said Wednesday.

The fire, which was aboriginal enactment out, happened successful the colony of Novominskaya.

Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said that debris from a destroyed drone caused the fire, and that determination were nary injuries.

Russia's Defense Ministry said Wednesday it changeable down 2 Ukrainian drones implicit the Kursk portion and 2 much drones implicit Belgorod, some of which borderline Ukraine.

Officials successful Kursk reported harm to a gathering but nary casualties.

Ukraine's subject said Wednesday it changeable down 57 of the 104 drones that Russian forces launched successful overnight attacks.

The intercepts took spot implicit the Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy and Zhytomyr regions.

Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the attacks damaged respective buildings and injured 1 person.

Officials besides reported harm to buildings successful Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad and Sumy.

Some accusation for this communicative came from The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters.