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Sir Keir Starmer is expected to urge allies to provide Ukraine with further long-range missiles to hit Russian targets during a meeting in the UK capital on this Friday.

Sir Keir will host President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside what's known as "group of committed partners", comprising over twenty of Ukraine's allies who have pledged to provide Kyiv defense assurances once hostilities pause is negotiated.

The Ukrainian leader has been pleading for an extended period for further advanced missile technology from allied countries, an action that the Russian government has warned would intensify the hostilities.

Ukraine's leader is travelling from Belgium, where he met European representatives on yesterday pursuing financial support.

"The sole individual involved in the ongoing war who does not want to stop the war is President Putin," the Prime Minister remarked.

The Prime Minister furthermore announce that one hundred additional anti-aircraft missiles will be delivered to Ukrainian forces ahead of schedule, as specified in a multi-billion pound agreement struck between the UK and Ukraine in March.

International Support

The Ukrainian president arrives off the back of significant diplomatic successes this week: the US President's move to finally apply new measures against Russia, and the European Union deciding to finance a Ukrainian budget hole.

The Prime Minister is hoping to maintain the progress by increasing the pressure on the Kremlin to negotiate a resolution to the war.

Meeting Attendees

• NATO leader Mark Rutte
• Copenhagen's head the Danish PM
• Holland's the Netherlands leader
• Further attendees like Paris's head the French president will join virtually

Britain's leader will encourage participants to ramp up the provision of extended-range systems following a successful strike on an industrial facility in the Bryansk region, the Russian Federation, using British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles.

"And his horrific strikes on small children in a daycare in recent days make that perfectly obvious," he stated further.

Two children were among no fewer than seven lost in multiple Moscow's attacks on the country, which struck a nursery in the important metropolitan area the eastern city.

Financial Discussions

Sir Keir will confer with partner nations on approaches for remove Russian oil and gas out of worldwide commerce.

The participants will additionally consider using blocked Russian resources to offer Kyiv with monetary support, though the initiative experienced divided opinions and regulatory obstacles at the European meeting on the previous day.

The EU opted against agreeing a plan to utilize as much as €140 billion in seized Russian resources to economically support Kyiv's finances.

Nonetheless, the leaders decided to assist with Kyiv's "financial needs" for the next two years.

The US furthermore announced measures on midweek against Moscow's two largest petroleum firms, Rosneft Oil and the private firm, as element of actions to increase monetary leverage on the Kremlin to commence peace talks.

Russia began its comprehensive attack of the country in early 2022. Russian troops currently controls about one-fifth of Ukraine's soil, encompassing the southern Crimea peninsular Moscow annexed in the year 2014.