The US and Europe must give Ukraine “hard power” to make the country “impenetrable” against a future Russian aggression if a peace deal is reached, leaders have been warned.

Any security guarantees must have “clear triggers for action” if Russia were to pose a renewed threat once any truce has been agreed, the European Movement UK group said.

Ukraine needs funding spanning several years, integrated air and missile defences, long-rang strike capabilities, ammunition, drones and training to turn the country into a “resilient ‘steel porcupine'”, the organisation warned.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned any Russia-Ukraine deal must come alongside security guarantees from the US and Europe to ensure peace is “truly durable”.

The Ukrainian leader had detailed discussions of what a

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