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Sir Keir Starmer will push supporting countries to supply Ukraine with additional extended-range weaponry to target Moscow's positions during a meeting in London on the upcoming Friday.

The prime minister plans to receive Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside the so-called "group of committed partners", including numerous of Ukraine's allies who have agreed to offer Ukraine security guarantees once a ceasefire is brokered.

The Ukrainian leader has been urging for weeks for further long-range weapons from Western nations, a step that Russia has stated would intensify the conflict.

The Ukrainian president is journeying from the EU capital, where he held talks with EU leaders on yesterday seeking economic assistance.

"The only person engaged in current hostilities who refuses to stop the fighting is Vladimir Putin," Sir Keir stated.

The Prime Minister additionally announce that one hundred further anti-aircraft missiles will be provided to Ukrainian forces earlier than planned, as detailed in a £1.6bn deal reached between Britain and the Ukrainian government in March.

International Support

Zelensky arrives off the back of important international achievements recently: Donald Trump's decision to finally apply new measures against Russia, and the European Union agreeing to support Ukraine's financial gap.

The Prime Minister is hoping to continue the forward movement by increasing the pressure on the Kremlin to pursue a conclusion to the conflict.

Summit Participants

• Alliance chief the Dutch official
• Denmark's Prime Minister the Danish PM
• Dutch Schoof
• Others including Paris's head the French president will join virtually

The Prime Minister will urge delegates to ramp up the delivery of long-range weapons following an effective attack on a manufacturing site in Bryansk, the Russian Federation, using British-supplied missile systems.

"And his horrific attacks on small children in a nursery in recent days make that crystal clear," he added.

Two children were among no fewer than seven fatally wounded in a wave of Russian strikes on the country, which struck a nursery in the second biggest city Ukraine's second city.

Economic Talks

Sir Keir will consult supporting countries on methods to withdraw Russia's petroleum resources from international trade.

Delegates will furthermore consider utilizing blocked Russian resources to offer the Ukrainian government with economic assistance, though the initiative faced insufficient agreement and regulatory obstacles at the EU conference on Thursday.

The EU opted against approving a plan to use up to €140bn in seized Russian resources to monetarily assist Kyiv's finances.

However, the participants consented to contribute to the country's "budgetary necessities" for the next two years.

The US also announced measures on recently against Russia's two largest petroleum firms, the state-owned company and Lukoil Corporation, as part of efforts to apply economic pressure on Russia to commence peace talks.

The Russian government launched its comprehensive attack of Ukraine in early 2022. The invading forces at this time controls about twenty percent of Ukraine's soil, including the Crimean peninsula Russia annexed in several years ago.