Ukraine's First Lady will deliver a Christmas wish from her country when she is in London on Tuesday.

Olena Zelenska is expected to meet British MPs and appear on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, days after Rishi Sunak made his first visit as Prime Minister to Kyiv to meet Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky.

Ms Zelenska will urge the British public not to forget the "tragedy" of the Russian invasion amid the festive season.

She told the BBC: "We feel that [strong support] by the aid for our forcefully displaced people, by the political and financial assistance and by humanitarian aid we are receiving from the British.

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