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celebrated retaking the southern city of Kherson.Kyiv meanwhile said it was checking the authenticity of video footage Moscow says shows
surrendering Russian soldiers being executed."I am here today to say that the U.K
will continue to stand with you..
until Ukraine has won the peace and security it needs and deserves," Sunak told journalists at a news conference with President Volodymyr
to counter deadly Iranian-supplied drones, including dozens of radars and anti-drone electronic warfare capability," said a Downing Street
statement.It follows more than 1,000 new air-defense missiles announced by British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace earlier this week."It is
deeply humbling to be with you in your country today
The courage of the Ukrainian people is an inspiration to the world," Sunak told his host.Ukraine had requested more air defense systems to
response, Zelensky praised a "meaningful and useful visit for both our countries," during which the two leaders had discussed how to protect
"European and Ukrainian energy security" and defense cooperation."With friends like you by our side, we are confident in our victory," he
added on Twitter.And in his evening address, Zelensky thanked Sunak "for your willingness to defend freedom even more strongly with
us."Joyous scenesThere were emotional scenes in Kherson, where residents gathered in numbers to greet the first passenger train in eight
It happened so I kept my promise," said Anastasia Shevlyuga, 30, moments after stepping off the train and meeting her mother.The reunions
came a day after a Yale University group researching war crimes said Russian forces had detained and forcibly disappeared hundreds of
Ukrainians during their occupation of Kherson province.The Conflict Observatory said they had documented 226 extrajudicial detentions and
Around a quarter of them were allegedly subjected to torture and four died in custody, it added."These findings demonstrate a range of
alarming allegations about treatment of detainees, including allegations of deaths in custody; the widespread use of torture and cruel,
inhuman, or degrading treatment, pillage from detainees (and) sexual and gender-based violence," the report said.And on Saturday, the
check the situation where fighting was still going on.Ukraine checks 'war crime' footageUkraine's military meanwhile said it was checking
the authenticity of footage that Moscow has said proves Kyiv executed several surrendering Russian soldiers in what they have described as a
"war crime."Videos circulated on Russian social media this week purporting to show the bodies of Russian servicemen apparently killed after
having surrendered to Ukrainian troops."Before launching an investigation, there must be grounds for it," Ukraine's spokesman for the
"We are currently establishing whether these videos are fake," he said, adding they have been handed over to "specialists."In the footage,
the soldiers who are giving themselves up lie down on the ground in the debris-filled backyard of a house before the video abruptly cuts off
as shots are heard.More footage shows the bodies of around a dozen people surrounded by apparent blood stains."We are aware of the videos
and we are looking into them," a UN spokesperson told AFP on Friday, calling for the perpetrators to be held to account.The Russian
Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, has said it has opened a criminal case into the "execution of captured Russian
servicemen."The incident was not "the first and not the only war crime" committed by Ukrainian forces, said a Russian Defense Ministry
