“Like it or not, people want to see gratitude,” he added.
“The British people have always supported us. We are very grateful to them,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “What he (Wallace) said, I don’t know how I can be grateful to him.”
Turning to his defense minister, Oleksii Reznikov, Mr. Zelensky, by calling the British minister “today”, Mr. He asked with a laugh to send “words of gratitude” to Wallace.
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“Not Amazon”
During a trip to Ukraine last year, British media reported that Wallace expressed frustration when he received a list of weapons needed by Ukraine.
“You know, we’re not Amazon. I told them last year when I drove 11 hours to get a listing,” Wallace said.
Rishi Sunak, the British Prime Minister in Vilnius, tried to calm things down.
“President Zelensky has thanked us for what we have done on several occasions, including his incredibly moving speech to the (UK) Parliament earlier this year,” he told a press conference.
“I know he and his people are incredibly grateful for the welcome we have given to so many Ukrainian families, but also for the leadership we are showing in this conflict,” he added.
On the second day of a summit in the Lithuanian capital and nearly 18 months after the start of the Russian invasion, members of the G7 (the United States, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan) presented a new plan. Security of Ukraine.
The announcement was welcomed by Ukraine, however, insisting that it should not change the future membership of the Atlantic alliance.
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