Andy Burnham to give Ukraine missile blueprints on first trip as PM

The prime minister is to chair his first meeting of the coalition of the willing as he arrives in Kyiv on Monday morning to signal Britain’s continued support for Ukraine.

While the announcement will probably take years to have an impact on the war, it is likely to escalate tensions with Moscow at an already fraught moment in UK-Russian relations.

Burnham will be reaffirming the UK's backing for Kyiv in the wake of escalating Russian strikes on Ukraine in recent weeks – including one on a shopping centre on Friday that killed at least 16 people.