The UK Houses of Parliament and the Eiffel Tower were lit up in blue and yellow on 24 August 2026 to mark the 35th anniversary of Ukrainian independence, with night-time crowds photographing the displays along the River Thames. The symbolic gesture coincided with a gathering of European leaders in Kyiv reaffirming their support for Ukraine, including British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who co-chaired a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing (a multilateral grouping coordinating military aid to Ukraine) on his first foreign trip since taking office. The UK also announced it had authorised defence firm MBDA to share classified technical data on British components of the Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missile, backing efforts to manufacture the weapon locally inside Ukraine.