British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Ukraine Thursday with a pledge to help guarantee the country’s security for a century, days before Donald Trump is sworn in as U.S. president.

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to put Ukraine in the "strongest possible position" this year during his first trip to Kyiv as Prime Minister. The Labour leader’s visit to the presidential palace in the capital coincided with a drone attack by Vladimir Putin ’s forces on the city.

The announcement comes days before Donald Trump is sworn in as US President with scepticism of America's military burden in Europe and what he says is a plan to end the continent's biggest conflict si