On 24 August 2026, the UK Prime Minister met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, following a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, according to a Downing Street press release issued the same day. The Prime Minister thanked Zelenskyy for the welcome given to him by Ukrainians on his first visit, and the leaders described their coalition conversation as honest and productive. They agreed the international community needed to step up support for Ukraine's defence against Russian attacks going into the winter.

According to the release, the Prime Minister stressed unity among coalition members and said UK support would not change. He said the UK had agreed that defence firm MBDA could release classified information on UK components for the long-range SCALP missile. The leaders also discussed working with the insurance industry on the resilience of Ukraine's critical infrastructure and businesses, and welcomed a new UK-Ukraine AI partnership that the release said could bring opportunity to public life in both countries.