Russia's embassy within the UK has reacted angrily to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's go to to Britain. During the newest leg of the Mr Zelensky's tour of western allies, Ukraine's chief mentioned he and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak mentioned western fighter jets, including that he anticipated "very important decisions" to be made quickly.

In response to his go to, the Russian embassy's Twitter account posted {a photograph} of Mr Zelensky when he was enjoying the president in a TV present together with the message: "Zelensky’s in town. Time for British taxpayers to make another generous contribution."

The embassy's put up was mocked by fellow customers of the social media platform, with Twitter person @MrStenmeister hitting again by replying: "Best use of my taxes ever. I'll even send some of my disposable income."

@JonBurkeUK replied: "I like to to think of it as an excellent investment in the defeat of a plutocracy whose illegitimate leadership murders and imprisons its domestic critics, carpet bombs Ukrainian children, and smashes their own 'comrades' brains in with sledge-hammers."

Fellow Twitter person @Adam0902731 quipped: "Awesome. I’m donating to Ukraine in the present day. Slava Ukraine."

The Ukrainian president's go to comes three months after his first journey to London for the reason that begin of Russia's invasion.

After the assembly, the president mentioned Britain and Ukraine had been "real partners", with Mr Sunak understanding particulars of developments on the battlefield.

Mr Zelensky mentioned: "We want to create this jets coalition and I'm very positive with it. We spoke about it and I see that in the closest time you will hear some, I think very important decisions but we have to work a little bit more on it."

At the start of the assembly, Mr Zelensky thanked the British Government, King Charles III and the British individuals for his or her assist.

He mentioned: "We are thankful from all our hearts, from Ukrainians, from our soldiers, we are thankful."

The president mentioned his talks with Mr Sunak would cowl "essential points, pressing assist for Ukraine".

He added the disaster is a matter of safety not just for Ukraine, however of significance to all of Europe.

The newest bundle of navy help will see a whole lot of air defence missiles and extra unmanned aerial techniques, together with long-range assault drones with a variety of greater than 124 miles (200km).

The new gear can be delivered over the approaching months.

Britain not too long ago promised long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Kyiv after continued Russian assaults.

Russia has mentioned it takes an "extremely negative view" of the UK's choice to provide the Storm Shadow cruise missiles and different navy {hardware}.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned on Monday that The Kremlin believed the British provides would not drastically change the course of the battle.

Mr Peskov mentioned: "Britain aspires to be on the forefront amongst international locations that proceed to pump weapons into Ukraine.

"We repeat as soon as once more, it can't yield any drastic and basic affect on the way in which the particular navy operation (in Ukraine) is unfolding. But, undoubtedly, it results in additional destruction, additional motion."

He added: "It makes this complete story for Ukraine rather more sophisticated."

Mr Zelensky landed by helicopter at Chequers, the Prime Minister's official country retreat, where he was greeted by Mr Sunak with a handshake and a hug.

Monday's visit to Britain comes after Ukraine's leader made an unannounced visit to Paris on Sunday to meet French President Emmanuel Macron.

He has also made trips to Germany and Italy, where he met those countries' leaders.

As Mr Zelensky visited capitals across Europe, Russia stepped up assaults throughout Ukraine with drones and missiles.

On Sunday, Russia shelled two communities in the northern border region of Sumy, the region’s military administration said in a statement on its official Telegram channel. It said 109 explosions were recorded.

Mr Zelensky's office said on Monday that the shelling killed nine civilians and injured 19 in the past day. Six of the deaths were in the Kherson region.

Two civilians were killed in Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv region and one in Prymorsk, which is on the Azov Sea coast about 12 miles (20km) from Russian-occupied Berdyansk.

The presidential office also reported that Marhanets, which lies across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, was shelled.