Burnham to take Zelenskyy’s pleas for Patriot missiles to Trump – Europe live

UK PM to join delegation of leaders lobbying US president to step up supplies

• Burnham plans trip to New York as Ukraine pleads for US-made missiles

In relation to the post on a US military plane landing in Moscow (at 11:23), Reuters reported that the last time a US jet flew to Russia from Europe was in January, when special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner travelled to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin for peace talks.

Also in Moscow this morning, Vatican envoy Paul Gallagher met Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, stressing the importance of diplomacy and dialogue during what he called a difficult time for international relations, Reuters reports.