UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is due to arrive in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, with an official visit on later on Thursday.

During his visit Hammond is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, the speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament Volodymyr Hroisman and the country's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, the spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Yevhen Perebyinis said.

The sides are expected to discuss bilateral relations and the current situation in Ukraine's east.