Ukraine battle newest: Zelensky arrives at vital EU summit as leaders put together peace deal to current to Trump

Sir Keir Starmer and Giorgia Meloni mentioned the “significance of the transatlantic alliance in confronting shared challenges” after they met in Downing Road this morning, in what was described as a “heat and constructive dialogue”.

The 2 leaders met forward of a European summit at Lancaster Home this afternoon, the place they talked about “how companions can work with the USA to maneuver ahead to an enduring peace for a sovereign Ukraine”, a spokesperson mentioned.

“They reaffirmed their assist for Ukraine, agreeing that the UK and Italy will stand with them for so long as it takes.”

Ms Meloni and Sir Keir additionally mentioned plans to sort out irregular migration, agreeing that “safe borders are a bedrock of a safe financial system”.

A spokesperson added: “They famous the importance of latest profitable joint operations to disrupt smuggling gangs and agreed there may be larger alternative to disrupt gangs upstream at supply when nations work collectively.

“They may strengthen cooperation to share intelligence and knowledge, comparable to via Europol. The prime ministers dedicated to proceed to work carefully collectively in these areas.”

That’s it. Europe’s leaders are actually inside Lancaster Home for as we speak’s assembly on coordinating assist for Ukraine.

We may have extra for you when particulars start to emerge from the assembly.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived at Lancaster Home forward of talks about future assist for Ukraine.

As European leaders arrive in London as we speak for crunch talks about future assist for Ukraine, you is perhaps questioning which ones are sending probably the most weapons to Kyiv.

Sadly for Ukraine, given ideas from the White Home that they could cease sending weapons, the US stays their most important provider.

Behind them are Germany, the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands.

Apparently, nevertheless, in case you convert these figures right into a share of every nation’s GDP, the checklist seems to be very totally different.

The US is seventeenth, Germany is fifteenth and the UK is 14th, in line with the Kiel Institute’s Ukraine assist tracker.

Solely Denmark stays within the high 5, ranked first. The roughly £6 billion in weapons it has despatched to Ukraine is equal to 2.038 per cent of the nation’s GDP.

The following 4 on that checklist are Estonia, Lithuania Latvia and Finland, all of whom share a border with mainland Russia or the exclave of Kaliningrad.

The three of the Baltic nations weren’t invited to as we speak’s summit regardless of the proximity to Russia. Sir Keir Starmer, in a web based assembly with the nations earlier as we speak, apologised for this and vowed it could not occur once more.

Turkey’s international minister Hakan Fidan has arrived at Lancaster Home.

Turkey just lately acknowledged its willingness to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

It hosted the final talks, which happened in March 2022.