No phones, a drone threat and strict rules: What it's like to join the prime minister in Ukraine
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No phones or other devices, strict reporting rules, bombed-out buildings, and a drone threat - Beth Rigby shares what it's like to join the prime minister Sir Keir Starmer in Ukraine. Sky News's political editor said "the whole experience was absolutely fascinating" on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast, but added the nature of Sir Keir's visit to the war-ravaged country meant the government "had to keep it very tight".
"If it became known more widely than a very, very tight group of people that he was going to make the trip, the trip gets pulled for security reasons.". Reporting from Ukraine, Sky News joined the prime minister as he signed a 100-year "friendship" deal to guarantee Britain's support for Kyiv.
👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈. Sky cameras filmed Sir Keir laying a wreath with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after a Russian drone was shot down over the presidential palace while they held meetings.
In an interview, the prime minister told Ms Rigby that the UK would play its "full part" in peacekeeping in Ukraine and that the drone threat was "a reminder of what Ukraine is facing every day". Welcome to Trump World: How everything is changing. Could Donald Trump's influence over Vladimir Putin really end the Ukraine war in a day?.
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