Keir Starmer today raises a united front with VolodyMyr Zensky and European leaders, because they mark the third anniversary of the entire invasion of Russia.
While he is making a potentially stormy confrontation with Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday, the prime minister will join a group call and confirm new sanctions against the Tawants of Vladimir Putin.
The meeting comes in the midst of the increasing alarm in Western states about the dramatic step of America to launch negotiations with Putin and Sideline NATO. So far, Mr. Zensky has also been excluded from the discussions, with Mr Trump even burning him a 'dictator'.
Sir Keir repeated the 'IronClad' support of Great -Britain for Kyiv in a series of chats with allies during the weekend while he pleads the plea for the security to protect the sovereignty of the country.
But he runs a regions as he tries to maintain the 'special relationship' with Mr. Trump, who has taken an ax for long -existing alliances. After counting the German elections at night, the next Chancellor Friidrich Merz attacked the US interference and warned that Europe could no longer rely on super power.
Keir Starmer is today raising a united front with VolodyMyr Zensky and European leaders, because they mark the third anniversary of the entire invasion of Russia
So far, Mr. Zensky has also been excluded from the discussions, with Donald Trump even called him a “dictator.”
Sir Keir runs a regions while trying to maintain the 'special relationship' with Mr. Trump (photo), who has taken an ax to long -standing alliances
The meeting in Kiev (personally attended by senior politicians, including Ursula von der Leyen) comes to the age of the increasing alarm in the Western states about the dramatic step of America to launch negotiations with Putin and Sideline NATO
Touring -Uitzendstudios This morning was secured Minister than Jarvis how Sir Keir would tackle the claims of Mr. Trump that Mr. Zensky is a dictator.
He said Sky News: “President Zensky was chosen democratically, and I am sure that the prime minister will have very good and constructive conversations with the president.
'We have shared interests in different areas, not least in terms of our national security.
'We are now three years after Putin's illegal invasion. This is a very important chance of having conversations about how we can draw that conflict to a conclusion. '
When asked if the new sanction package of the home office to Russian elites was not relevant if America did not follow, Mr Jarvis said: “It is certainly not irrelevant. What it is is a tightening of the screw, which exerts more pressure on Russia. '
In the meantime, the Home Office announced a step to increase travel sanctions for Kremlin-linked elites in an attempt to conquer more pressure on Russia as the war entered its fourth year.
Local and federal politicians as well as managers or directors of large Russian companies will be confronted with exclusion from the UK under the rules, which on top of existing travel berths about high -profile business figures such as Roman Abramovich.
Defense Secretary John Healey said: 'Keeping the Ukrainians in their fight and as strong as possible at every negotiating table is not only crucial for them, but also for the safety of the UK.
“These new measures send a powerful message that we will do what is needed to put the tables on Putin's aggression.”
Security Minister Dan Jarvis said that the extensive criteria for sanctions would close the door to the oligarchs who have enriched themselves at the expense of the Russian people as he rolts the war.
“My message to Putin's friends in Moscow is simple: you are not welcome in the UK,” he said.
The prime minister will try to position the UK as a bridge between Europe and America during his visit next week, while tensions simmer after Mr. Trump had beaten to the Lord Zelensky and officials of the White House to have met the opponents of Kremlin to the to end war.
Yesterday No10 said that Sir Keir agreed with French President Emmanuel Macron – who will meet the American president in Washington today – that they will show 'United Leadership' to support Kiev.
He also held a phone call with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau, who is set to be ahead of the joint call.
The reading said that they both believed that “working together with other international leaders was essential to achieve permanent peace and safety in Ukraine.”
The prime minister also held his second discussion with the Ukrainian president in three days and promised that he would “continue important discussions” about Kyiv's safety on his visit to Washington.
He repeated that Ukraine should be central to all negotiations to end the war and that securing the sovereignty of the future was essential to deter the future aggression of Russia.
The visit of Sir Keir will mark a crucial moment in his leadership, while he is the support for Kiev looking for Kyiv by keeping the US aside after Mr. Trump de Lord Zelensky called a “dictator” and suggested that Ukraine de War was 'started'.
The Ukrainian leader later accused Mr Trump of life in a 'disinformation room' after US-Kremlin talks about ending the conflict.
Mr Zelensky said that he would be ready to give up his presidency if this lasting peace would achieve his country under the NATO safety overparaplu – something that the US has effectively excluded.
Some European leaders and opposition figures openly convicted Mr Trump's comments about Ukraine and Sir Keir has put pressure to challenge the president when he visits Washington.
The Prime Minister supported Mr. Zensky as a “democratically elected leader,” but immediately avoided the US president to criticize.
During the weekend, Sir Keir and his cabinet warned that a weak peace agreement would cause damage that goes much beyond Ukraine, and said that recording an American security guarantee to drop Russia again to attack Washington's own interest is again .
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While on Thursday he will join a potentially stormy confrontation with Donald Trump in Washington in Washington, the prime minister will join
Sir Keir said yesterday at the Scottish Labor conference in Glasgow: 'Nobody wants the bloodshed to continue, the least of all Ukrainians.
“But after everything they have suffered, after everything they fought for, there can be no discussion about Ukraine without Ukraine, and the people of Ukraine must have a long -term, safe future.”
Sir Keir is also confronted with pressure to use the journey to confirm a timeline to increase British defense expenditure to 2.5 percent of the national income in the midst of American demand that Europe demands the overwhelming security burden on the continent wears.
Ministers had previously suggested that a path to reaching the target would be explained in the spring after the strategic defense.
Mr. Trump used a broad speech on Saturday on the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington to say 'We are quite close to a deal'.
“We better be close to a deal, because that has been a terrible situation,” he added.
