Last week, a West End arts venue hosted ‘Indomitable Ukraine’, a war artefacts exhibition with everything from prosthetic legs to captured Russian battle plans. It was put on by the War Museum of Ukraine and had an added poignancy for British audiences. On a black memorial board was a list of nearly 40 names of British citizens who have died while serving with Ukraine’s International Legion – or, as the memorial puts it: ‘defending Ukraine against Russia’s aggression.’
As things currently stand, there are no plans for any permanent British memorial to those who have fought for Ukraine
Families of the fallen were invited to a special showing of the exhibition last week, where they had a personal audience with Kyiv’s ambassador to London, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi. He led Ukraine’s defence