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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak later pushed back against the comments, saying Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had"expressed his gratitude for what we've done on a number of occasions".
Mr Zelenskyy, speaking at the same event in Lithuania, also responded:"I believe that we were always grateful to the UK."Following the news of his departure on Saturday evening, Mr Wallace took to Twitter in an attempt to clarify his"Amazon" comments."I said that Ukraine sometimes needs to realise that in many countries and in some parliaments there is not such strong support as in Great Britain," he wrote.
Speculation about the defence secretary's fate has been mounting for weeks, with officials inside the Ministry of Defence wondering who might replace him.The 53-year-old last month ruled himself out of the race to replace Jens Stoltenberg after apparently failing to get the backing of the US. Mr Wallace told The Times that a desire to spend more time with his family, including his three children, was one of his reasons for leaving politics.
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