Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has spoken by phone with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, during which they spoke about defence cooperation.

"Together with the prime minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak, we discussed further defense cooperation. We agreed to intensify our efforts to bring victory closer this year already. We already have concrete decisions for this," Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter.

Together with 🇬🇧 Prime Minister @RishiSunak, we discussed further defense cooperation. We agreed to intensify our efforts to bring victory closer this year already. We already have concrete decisions for this.

— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) January 3, 2023

Earlier, Rishi Sunak addressed the Ukrainians amid the announcement of a new assistance package to help Kyiv eliminate landmines, promising to continue supporting Kyiv.

This includes more than 1000 VALLON metal detectors and 100 bomb de-arming kits to Ukraine.

The UK will allocate 2.3 billion pounds sterling for assistance to Ukraine in 2023.