Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to secure Ukraine's future by signing a minerals deal with the US. Johnson said he believed Ukraine would sign a "promising" agreement to give the US access to valuable minerals, in return for security guarantees.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday that there can be no talks about the future of Ukraine without the participation of Ukraine, setting his stall out before a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump this week.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is to tell Donald Trump there must be a role for European countries including the UK in any agreement to end the war in Ukraine, when he meets the US President in Washington next week.

British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer on Sunday said that there can be no talks about the future of Ukraine without the participation of Ukraine. Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer will discuss the importance of Ukraine's sovereignty in talks with Donald Trump next week, he said in a call with the country's president. The UK prime minister reiterated the UK's "ironclad support" for Kyiv when he spoke to Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday.

Sir Keir Starmer has pledged his “ironclad support” for Ukraine ahead of a crucial meeting with Donald Trump on Thursday. In a call with the Ukrainian president on Saturday, the Prime Minister said he would be “progressing important discussions” about Kyiv’s security on his visit to Washington,

The PM will reportedly unveil a "triple whammy" of measures which is feared could risk frustrating the White House, which is looking to end the Ukraine war.

US President Donald Trump has said French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer "haven't done anything" to end the war in Ukraine, ahead of their visits to the White House next week.

Donald Trump has accused UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer of "not doing anything" to resolve the war in Ukraine triggered by Russia, as the US president continues to defend his controversial remarks about the country's leader Volodymyr Zelensky.