US EditionZelensky to meet Starmer ahead of Trump-Putin summit
Zelensky meets Starmer to reinforce UK support and discuss sanctions amid concerns Ukraine may be sidelined in upcoming US-Russia peace talks, with 31 countries backing Kyiv.
- On Aug 14, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in London to meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street, ahead of Friday’s US-Russia summit in Alaska.
- Having convened with European leaders in Germany, Zelenskyy worked with them to urge President Trump not to allow President Putin to carve up Ukraine’s territory at the Alaska summit.
- A joint coalition statement, co-chaired by Sir Keir Starmer, said `international borders must not be changed by force` and urged stronger sanctions if Russia refuses a ceasefire in Alaska.
- Sir Keir Starmer said further sanctions could be imposed on Russia should the Kremlin fail to engage and the UK is already working on its next package of measures targeting Moscow.
- President Donald Trump said his Alaska summit aims at `setting the table for the second meeting` and warned of `severe consequences` if Aug 15 talks fail.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in London today, thus showing British support for Ukraine, a day before the summit between the American and Russian leaders in Alaska. AP writes that the two hugged when Zelensky arrived and left 10 Downing Street, but did not comment.
Does European solidarity over Ukraine matter?
Ukraine's President Zelensky has spent today with Keir Starmer at Number 10. This is in anticipation of tomorrow's Alaska summit between Presidents Trump and Putin – where European leaders will be notably absent. Zelensky's visit to the UK is designed to project an image of solidarity with Starmer, and European leaders in general – but does it really matter? And is Putin really closer to accepting a ceasefire? Tim Shipman and James Heale join Lu…
Keir Starmer received Ukraine’s president, Volodimir Zelenski, this morning in Downing Street, at a meeting that acquires singular relevance on the eve of the planned summit between the United States and Russia, which will take place tomorrow in Alaska, and in a context in which European leaders seek to establish a coordinated strategy that will curb the possible unilateral concessions to which Moscow could access without having proper access to…
Kingsport Times-News
Zelenskyy meets with UK leader Starmer as Europe braces for the Trump-Putin summit
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to London on Thursday in a show of British support for Ukraine a day before a critical U.S.-Russia summit is set to take place in Alaska.
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