“The UK will be the first country to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons,” he is quoted on the website of the British government.

Sunak recalled that London provided £2.3bn worth of military support to Ukraine in 2022 and plans to transfer the same amount or even more this year.

Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that there should be no taboo in the supply of weapons to Ukraine.

Political adviser to the Prime Minister of Hungary Balazs Orban said that Budapest is ready to be a partner of Kyiv in achieving peace, but not in the supply of weapons, despite Zelensky's demands.