Sir Keir Starmer will ramp up efforts to support Ukraine after warning Donald Trump that any peace talks with Vladimir Putin must involve Kyiv.

The UK Govt is mobilising with allies to ensure Ukraine is not cut out of a US-Russia agreed peace plan ahead of crunch talks on Friday.

Starmer joined with European leaders to insist Ukraine, and Europe, are central to any deal reached between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the scheduled summit.

The PM, with the leaders of France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland and the European Commission, said on Saturday “the path to peace […] cannot be decided without Ukraine” and stressed “international borders must not be changed by force”.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy hosted a meeting of top Ukrainian officials and

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