The leaders of Britain and France pledged to provide Ukraine with stronger military support — including access to classified technology and faster deliveries of air defense missiles — at a meeting of allies to mark Kyiv’s Independence Day celebrations.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, in Kyiv on his first foreign visit since taking office last month, urged the gathering of the “Coalition of the Willing” to “do everything we can” to bolster Ukraine’s defenses against Russian air strikes.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had earlier praised the resilience of the Ukrainian people during more than four years of war.