Grant Shapps Flies to Kyiv to Support War Effort as Winter Approaches

Britain’s Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is back in Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky and his new defence minister Rustem Umerov.

Screen grab taken from video posted on the twitter feed of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of an audience he held with Defence Secretary Grant Shapps in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sept. 28, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/PA Wire

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has travelled to Ukraine as the West seeks to bolster Kyiv after its offensive against the Russian occupiers in the east appears to have stalled.

Mr. Shapps—who replaced Ben Wallace last month and the chief of the defence staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin—met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his defence minister Rustem Umarov.