Ukraine's first woman's tribute to Queen amid warfare: 'She shared our need for…' | World News

Ukraine's first woman Olena Zelenska who attended Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on Monday, thanked the monarch for her "essential sign of assist" to Kyiv amid Russian invasion.

"She wished us higher occasions and shared our need for freedom," Zelenska wrote on Twitter.

“We are going to at all times bear in mind it with deep gratitude,” she added.

Olena Zelenska attended the service whereas her husband, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was not current on the state funeral the place Russia was snubbed by Britain following Moscow's February invasion of Ukraine. Russian representatives weren't invited to the state funeral although Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated King Charles III's ascension to the throne.

Relations between the UK and Russia have all however collapsed because the begin of the Ukraine warfare.

Ukraine's first woman Olena Zelenska additionally met with Catherine, Princess of Wales at Buckingham Palace over the weekend.