Work first: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has arrived in Kiev. At the same time, Johnson demonstrated his attitude towards Ukraine – Johnson had to go into quarantine after he contacted the head of the Foreign Office, Liz Truss, who was ill with the coronavirus. True, while Johnson has a negative PCR test, so he found it possible to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Boris Johnson wants to discuss with Zelensky the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian borderreports the TV channel “Russia 24” and media platform “Looking”. In a hundred-kilometer zone from the Russian border, Kiev pulled about 130 thousand military personnel. This is half the strength of the entire Ukrainian army. Donetsk and Luhansk believe that the Ukrainian troops drawn to the Donbassprepare for an offensive operation in the LPR and DPRwhose planning has been completed.
Vladimir Zelensky 1st of February signed papers to increase in the next three years, the strength of the Ukrainian army per 100 thousand people (more than a third). The Armed Forces of Ukraine should increase by 20 brigades. In addition, the terms of service of contract soldiers and the salaries of servicemen have been increased.
Zelensky was forced to make excuses to the Rada in advance for such a decree. He stressed that this decree was signed “not because tomorrow there will be a war.” According to him, this decree is needed so that soon and in the future there will be peace in Ukraine.
Johnson should show his support for Ukraine in Kiev. London supplies Kiev with weapons, and also announced the allocation of 88 million pounds to Kiev for the energy independence of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andriy Danilov put a pig on the negotiations between Zelensky and Johnson: he said that Kiev does not want and cannot fulfill Minsk agreements, as this will lead to the disintegration of Ukraine as a country.