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Sir Keir Starmer is expected to urge partner nations to supply Ukrainian forces with additional long-range missiles to hit Moscow's positions during discussions in London on Friday.

The prime minister plans to receive President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside the so-called "coalition of the willing", comprising more than 20 of Kyiv's partners who have committed to grant Kyiv protection commitments once hostilities pause is arranged.

The Ukrainian leader has been pleading for an extended period for further advanced missile technology from allied countries, an action that Russia has cautions would worsen the war.

President Zelensky is travelling from the EU capital, where he conferred with European Union officials on Thursday pursuing funding aid.

"The sole individual participating in current hostilities who declines to halt the fighting is the Russian leader," Sir Keir said.

The Prime Minister additionally declare that a hundred extra anti-aircraft missiles will be supplied to Kyiv sooner than scheduled, as specified in a £1.6bn deal struck between the UK and Kyiv in last spring.

International Support

Zelensky arrives off the back of two diplomatic wins recently: Washington's action to finally apply further sanctions against Moscow, and EU nations agreeing to finance Kyiv's budgetary shortfall.

The Prime Minister is aiming to continue the forward movement by intensifying the leverage on Russia to pursue a resolution to the hostilities.

Meeting Attendees

• Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte
• Danish leader the Danish PM
• Holland's the Netherlands leader
• Others including Paris's head Emmanuel Macron will attend online

Britain's leader will press participants to expand the provision of extended-range systems following an effective attack on a manufacturing site in Bryansk, Russia, using UK-provided Storm Shadow missiles.

"Furthermore, his horrific strikes on young children in a nursery in recent days show that perfectly obvious," he stated further.

A pair of children were among at least seven fatally wounded in multiple enemy assaults on the country, which hit a daycare center in the major urban center Kharkiv.

Financial Discussions

The Prime Minister will discuss with Western allies on methods to withdraw Russia's petroleum resources from international trade.

The participants will furthermore examine employing seized Moscow funds to provide Kyiv with financial loans, while the plan encountered divided opinions and legal hurdles at the EU conference on the previous day.

European nations stopped short of agreeing an initiative to employ up to €140bn in blocked Moscow funds to monetarily assist the Ukrainian economy.

Nonetheless, the participants consented to assist with Ukraine's "economic requirements" for the coming 24 months.

America furthermore announced sanctions on midweek against Moscow's biggest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, as part of efforts to increase financial pressure on Moscow to begin ceasefire negotiations.

The Russian government launched its comprehensive attack of Ukrainian territory in February 2022. It currently holds about 20% of Ukraine's soil, encompassing the southern Crimea peninsular Russia took control of in 2014.