Ukraine peace summit LIVE: Western leaders arrive in London to work on ceasefire as PM Sir Keir Starmer hosts

European leaders have to be 'once in a generation moment', Sir Keir

Starmer said at the start of the Defense Summit on Ukraine in London.

Sir Keir shakes his hand with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

French Emmanual Macron with Sir Keir Buiten Lancaster House

Sir Keir with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. The world leaders held a meeting in Downing Street earlier today

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who speaks outside today's top

Sir Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodyymyr Zelensky will today meet world leaders for the top in Lancaster House in London.

This includes the leaders of Italy, France, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Canada, Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Romania.

The Turkish Foreign Minister, NATO Secretary General and the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council will also be present.

Hundreds of demonstrators started their planned rally outside Downing Street by singing the Ukrainian national anthem.

It comes after world leaders have arrived in Lancaster House for conversations about the safety of the country.

People wore large Ukrainian flags and placards that said: 'War is not over in Ukraine! Ukrainian meeting. World wakes up! “And” Russian imprisonment. “

A meter -long banner was draped over a wall that read: “When the last Ukrainian soldier falls, Putin will come for your ladies (s) gentlemen!”

A woman on a megaphone repeatedly called 'thank you Great -Britain' and the crowd sang the same back.

They then went 'Russia is a terrorist state' and 'world, do not betray Ukraine'.

VolodyMyr Zensky and Sir Keir Starmer embraced warmly and had a short conversation outside the location before they entered the Secity Summit's Secity Summit in London.