The Prime Minister of Great Britain was awarded the title of honorary citizen of Odessa and received three honorary distinctions of the Odessa mayor named after Grigory Marazliznak Grigory Marazli, Mayor of the city Gennady Trukhanov said on Friday, July 1.
“I signed a decree on awarding the Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson with Honorary Badges named after Grigory Marazli I, II, III degrees. Thus, he becomes an honorary citizen of Odessa, ”the Ukrainian portal Segodnya quotes him as saying.
Trukhanov explained that Johnson was the first Briton to be awarded the title of honorary citizen of Odessa since 1862. He also noted the contribution of Great Britain and thanked for the help with finances and weapons.
At the same time, the day before, on June 30, during the NATO summit in Madrid, he said that Ukraine’s entry into the alliance was never considered as “closely possible.” Earlier, on June 26, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albarez made a similar statement.
He pointed out that the question of Ukraine’s entry into the North Atlantic Alliance has never been on the NATO agenda, since the bloc is positively set to expand through Sweden and Finland, but Kyiv is not on this list.
On June 26, Boris Johnson announced London’s readiness to provide financial support to Kyiv and provide additional loan guarantees for $525 million. He recalled that in total, Ukraine received economic and humanitarian support from Britain in the amount of $1.8 billion, as well as military assistance for $1, 5 billion
Great Britain began to actively supply Ukraine with money and weapons against the backdrop of a special operation announced by Russia on February 24 to protect Donbass. A few days earlier, the situation in the region escalated significantly due to shelling by the Ukrainian military. The authorities of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics announced the evacuation of residents to the Russian Federation, and also turned to Moscow for help. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR.
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