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A one-minute silence is observed outside Downing Street to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Rishi Sunak leads minute of silence outside Downing Street on anniversary of Ukraine invasion
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A one-minute silence was observed across the UK this morning as the world marks the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Announcing the 11am moment of silence, Rishi Sunak said that Britain was paying “tribute to the incredible bravery and resilience of the Ukrainian people”. The prime minister was expected to urge fellow leaders to “move faster” in arming Ukraine in order to end the war, during a G7 virtual meeting today.

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.