UK PM Starmer says U.S. must provide security guarantee for Ukraine to deter Russia

British PM Keir Starmer Warns Russia Could Reinvade Ukraine Without U.S. Security Guarantees

Russian diplomats are meeting their U.S. counterparts in Istanbul for talks on normalizing diplomatic missions, three years after the Biden administration withdrew U.S. Embassy staff from Russia as Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine. A U.S. Embassy official in Turkey said Ukraine is not on the agenda at the talks. The Istanbul meeting comes ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to Washington, D.C., where he’s due to …

UK's Starmer presses Trump for Ukraine guarantees to hold back Putin

British Prime Minister meets Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday to plead for a US backstop to any Ukraine ceasefire, insisting it would be the only way to stop Russia's Vladimir Putin from invading again. Speaking ahead of his meeting with Trump, Starmer said that the US must help provide security guarantees in Ukraine that are “sufficient to deter Putin". Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.

Starmer warns Putin will attack again if Trump does not underwrite Ukrainian peace - 'We need security guarantees!'

Vladimir Putin will attack again unless America agrees to underwrite the security of Ukraine after a peace deal has been signed, Sir Keir Starmer has warned.The Prime Minister also made clear that he was considering deploying British troops as part of a wider European force in Ukraine but it would be a decision "not taken lightly" and relied on continued involvement of US forces in the country.The issue of the backstop offered to Ukraine will be…

Smaller Western force could guarantee security in Ukraine, Guardian reports

A relatively small contingent of Western troops could successfully provide security guarantees to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire with Russia, U.K. defense sources told the Guardian on Feb. 18. Previously, President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Guardian that European partners would need to station 100,000 to 150,000 troops on Ukraine's front lines to effectively deter Russia.A much smaller European-led peacekeeping force could rely on intelli…

Britain to 'consider' troops in Ukraine if peace agreed, but wants 'US backstop'

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he is prepared to consider deploying British forces in Ukraine to help enforce any peace agreement, but only under certain conditions. Speaking to reporters in Paris on February 17, Starmer said he was “prepared to consider committing British forces on the ground alongside others, if there is a last…