The PM reaffirms the UK supports Ukraine's "irreversible path" to joining NATO in a call with Volodymyr Zelensky.
Sir Keir Starmer reiterated the UK’s “commitment to Ukraine being on an irreversible path to Nato” in a call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, Downing Street has said. The UK prime minister spoke out after US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said this week that the US “does not believe that Nato membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement”.
Yesterday the US president called Zelensky a "dictator" and said Russia holds "the cards" in peace negotiations because it has "taken a lot of territory" Meanwhile the Kremlin reiterates that it would be "unacceptable" for Nato countries to deploy troops to Ukraine - UK PM Keir Starmer had said he was "ready" to put troops on the ground as part of any peace deal Looking ahead: Our correspondents will be answering your Ukraine questions tomorrow,
Britain remains committed to Ukraine being on "an irreversible path to NATO" membership, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, after the United States made contradictory comments on Ukraine's future.
Sir Keir Starmer will this week go to Washington to try to help broker a just peace deal for Ukraine with a capricious president who in just a week has unwound a consensus that was born from the ashes of the Second World War and had endured for 70 years.
Donald Trump is right to pile pressure on Nato allies to boost their defence budgets, Sir Keir Starmer has said.Ahead of a meeting with the US president, the prime minister said the UK and Europe “have to do more for our defence and security” as he prepares to outline a pathway to spending 2.
Keir Starmer has always been clear that both NATO and the EU/US relationship are vital, and we will continue to strengthen both,' says spokesperson - Anadolu Ajansı
Mr Hunt said the UK raising defence spending to match the US relative to GDP would secure the future of Ukraine and of Nato.
Keir Starmer will visit Washington DC next week to meet Donald Trump at a crucial time for UK-US relations as the President cozies up to Putin and threatens his allies with tariffs
Sir Keir Starmer is proposing a plan that includes deploying to 30,000 British and European troops to Ukraine to try to deter future attacks by Vladimir Putin.