The European leaders have said it is up to Ukraine to decide how it wishes to end the war, and hailed Mr Zelensky’s commitment to a peace that is both “just and lasting”. (Photo by Ben Stansall – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Sir Keir Starmer will join European leaders in presenting a united front with Volodymyr Zelensky at his crunch meeting at the White House with Donald Trump .

The Prime Minister and six other political leaders will travel to Washington DC on Monday, with the aim of protecting Ukraine from having to submit to Russian land grabs as a price for peace.

Those joining Sir Keir include France’s Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Friedrich Merz, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Alexander Stubb, president of Finland.

Nato chief Mark Rutte and European Commission president Ursula von der Leye

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