Andy Burnham has pledged to continue the UK’s “unwavering” support for Ukraine ahead of meeting Volodymyr Zelensky to the United Kingdom.

The Ukrainian president will become the prime minister’s first international visitor since he took office a week ago, which according to reports “illustrates the strength of the relationship between the two nations”.

The duo is expected to visit a naval base, where Burnham will announce the sharing of the intellectual property behind the UK’s new “Stone Cloak” electronic warfare system, enabling Ukraine to produce the technology at scale.

Burnham also told the media ahead of the visit that he was looking forward to it and that his support for Ukraine was “unwavering – it is 100%”.

The Stone Cloak jammers which are the size of a tablet computer are designed to block the detection of any drones they are fitted to.

The Ministry of Defence has already given thousands of the devices to Ukrainian forces to bolster their drone operations.

During the visit, the two leaders will also meet more than 200 Ukrainian military personnel who have spent the last three weeks taking part in a maritime exercise in the UK.