The Ukrainian President has again urged Britain to send warplanes.

"Two years ago, I left Parliament thanking you for the delicious English tea. Today I will leave Parliament thanking all of you in advance for powerful English planes," said Volodymyr Zelensky in an address to MPs.

Referring to his upcoming meeting with King Charles, he added: "Today, every air force pilot is a King." 

He presented Lindsay Hoyle with a Ukrainian pilot's helmet, which bore a message reading: "We have freedom, give us wings to protect it."

The surprise trip to Britain is the first time Mr Zelensky has visited the country since the start of Russia's invasion and only his second foreign trip in wartime.