Address by the Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Jonson to the Verkhovna Rada of

04.05.2022, 12:43 rada.gov.ua

 Mr Chairman, members of the Verkhovna Rada,  I’m honoured to address you at this momentous hour when Ukrainians are fighting for the life of their nation and for freedom and democracy against an onslaught by an expansionist power.  When Putin launched his attack, he arrogantly assumed that Russian troops would be marching through the Maidan in a matter of days; he believed that President Zelenskyy and every member of this Rada would be fleeing Kyiv in shame and defeat;   and he might even have deluded himself   that Ukrainians would welcome the invasion of their own country.