Sir Keir Starmer will offer a virtual meeting of world leaders to discuss peace conservation in Ukraine, and he will use the call to say that now is the time for ‘concrete commitments’, Downing Street said.
About 25 leaders are expected to join the call on Saturday morning, in which they will discuss the peace mission in more detail what the prime minister called the ‘coalition of the willing’.
Mr. Keir will ask allies to continue to increase military support Ukraine.
He will also say that countries should increase the economic pressure on Russia in the short term and be prepared to support an ultimate peace agreement in the long run if an agreement is reached.
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Participants will also receive an update on the discussions of defense and military heads in Paris this week, and they will all set details on their own efforts to unlock further military support for Ukraine.
Downing Street has confirmed that some European countries, the EU commission, the NATO, Canada, Ukraine, Australia and New Zealand are expected to join the virtual meeting.
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In a statement before the call, the prime minister said: “We can’t let President Putin play with President Trump’s deal.
‘The complete disregard for the Kremlin for President Trump’s ceasefire proposal serves only to demonstrate that Putin is not serious about peace.
“When Russia finally comes to the table, we must be ready to monitor a ceasefire to ensure that it is a serious and lasting peace, if they do not, we must increase every nerves in the rise of economic pressure on Russia to put an end to this war.”
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He accused the Russian president of “trying to postpone” by saying “there must be a careful study before a ceasefire can take place”.
“The world should see action, not a study or empty words and useless conditions,” he continued.
“My message to the Kremlin could not be clearer: Stop the barbaric attacks on Ukraine, once and for all, and now agree to a ceasefire. Until then, we will continue to work all the time to deliver peace.”
Sir Keir said Britain could send peacekeepers to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire, but called on Washington to provide a safety backstop to the forces.
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The meeting comes after Ukraine supported the US proposal for a 30-day frame.
But the Russian President said that ‘many questions’ remain about the proposal, and that a ceasefire should lead to ‘long -term peace’ that would “remove the initial reasons for the crisis”.
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Moscow also reportedly submitted a ‘list of claims’ to the US to end the war, which would include the international recognition of Russia’s claim to Crimea and four Ukrainian provinces and an agreement that foreign troops are not deployed in Ukraine.
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the remarks of Mr. Putin is “very predictable” and “very manipulative”, adding that the Russian president has prepared to reject the ceasefire proposal he agreed with the US.
