Trump-Putin summit live: Zelensky to meet Starmer today after US threatens Russia with Alaska talks ultimatum
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with prime minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street later today, as part of a final push for a European perspective to be heard at a summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
It comes after Volodymyr Zelensky said Mr Trump told European leaders he supports a ceasefire and the idea of security guarantees for Ukraine and discussed America’s willingness to “take part” in this.
The Ukrainian president was speaking after a virtual meeting with Mr Trump and other European leaders, as Kyiv presses its case on the US president ahead of the landmark meeting on Friday.
Late on Wednesday, Trump threatened Putin with “severe consequences” if the Russian leader does not agree to a ceasefire at crunch talks in Alaska at the end of this week.
The US president did not say what these would be, but has previously threatened Moscow with harsh sanctions if it did not agree to a truce in Ukraine.
