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Burnham visits Kyiv, promises Ukraine help making missiles

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is in Kyiv on Monday for Ukraine's 35th independence day, his first foreign trip as PM. The UK will help Ukraine build its own long-range missiles by declassifying information on UK-made components. The missile assistance is expected to increase tensions with Moscow, which has already accused Britain of escalating the conflict.

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