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The UK Prime Minister will push partner nations to deliver Ukrainian forces with additional extended-range weaponry to strike Moscow's positions during a meeting in Britain on the upcoming Friday.

Sir Keir will host President Zelensky alongside what's known as "coalition of the willing", consisting of over twenty of Ukraine's allies who have committed to offer the Ukrainian government security guarantees once a ceasefire is arranged.

Zelensky has been appealing for weeks for more long-range weapons from the West, a step that Russia has warned would escalate the conflict.

The Ukrainian president is travelling from Brussels, where he conferred with EU leaders on yesterday seeking funding aid.

"The single figure participating in this conflict who refuses to stop the war is President Putin," Starmer remarked.

The Prime Minister furthermore announce that 100 further air defence missiles will be delivered to Ukrainian forces ahead of schedule, as detailed in a multi-billion pound agreement reached between Britain and the Ukrainian government in spring.

Global Backing

The Ukrainian president arrives following significant diplomatic successes recently: the US President's move to finally apply additional restrictions against the Russian government, and the European Union agreeing to support Kyiv's budgetary shortfall.

The Prime Minister is hoping to continue the forward movement by increasing the pressure on Russia to discuss a conclusion to the conflict.

Summit Participants

• Alliance chief Mark Rutte
• Denmark's Prime Minister Frederiksen
• Dutch the Netherlands leader
• Others including France's leader Macron will participate remotely

The Prime Minister will press delegates to ramp up the supply of extended-range systems following a productive strike on a chemical plant in Bryansk, the Russian Federation, using UK-provided advanced weaponry.

"And his depraved strikes on innocent children in a preschool this week demonstrate that perfectly obvious," he continued.

Several minors were among a minimum of seven killed in a wave of Moscow's attacks on Ukraine, which hit a nursery in the second biggest city the eastern city.

Economic Talks

Sir Keir will consult Western allies on approaches for take Russian oil and gas off the global market.

Delegates will also consider employing seized Moscow funds to offer Kyiv with monetary support, although the proposal faced insufficient agreement and jurisdictional challenges at the European meeting on Thursday.

The EU stopped short of agreeing to a proposal to use approximately €140 billion in seized Russian resources to financially prop up Ukraine.

However, the participants agreed to help support Kyiv's "economic requirements" for the coming 24 months.

The US also revealed restrictions on recently against Moscow's major oil companies, Rosneft Oil and the private firm, as component of initiatives to add financial pressure on Moscow to enter peace talks.

Russia initiated its full-scale invasion of Ukrainian territory in February 2022. The invading forces presently holds about one-fifth of the country's land, including the southern region Russia took control of in several years ago.