Keir Starmer lays down Ukraine peace demand ahead of Trump talks
by Toby Helm and Luke Harding in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#6VF3N)
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Keir Starmer has raised the stakes before a crucial meeting in Washington with the US president, Donald Trump this week, by insisting that Ukraine must be at the heart of any negotiations" on a peace deal with Russia.
The prime minister made the remarks - which run directly contrary to comments by the US president last week - in a phone call on Saturdaywith Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in which he also said that safeguarding Ukraine's sovereignty was essential to deter future aggression from Russia".
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