Keir Starmer has announced a “historic” 100-year partnership with Ukraine, saying the UK would support the country “beyond this terrible war” and into a future where it is “free and thriving again”. Speaking during his first trip to Kyiv as prime minister, Starmer said the unprecedented agreement reflected the “huge affection between our two nations”. He added that “right now Putin shows no signs of wanting to stop” his “unrelenting aggression”. The point was dramatically underscored by a Russian drone flying over Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv while the two leaders were in the middle of talks. Anti-aircraft fire