🔗 Share this article Sir Keir Starmer to Urge Allies on Advanced Missile Systems for Ukraine at London Conference The British Prime Minister is set to welcome Ukraine's leader for a meeting of the "coalition of the willing" The UK Prime Minister is expected to urge allies to deliver Ukraine with more extended-range weaponry to target enemy locations during talks in London on the upcoming Friday. Sir Keir will host President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside the so-called "alliance of supportive nations", including numerous of Ukraine's allies who have pledged to grant Kyiv security guarantees once fighting stops is arranged. The Ukrainian leader has been pleading for an extended period for additional long-range weapons from the West, a step that Moscow has cautions would escalate the war. Ukraine's leader is coming from Belgium, where he held talks with EU leaders on the previous day seeking financial support. "The single figure participating in current hostilities who refuses to halt the conflict is Vladimir Putin," Starmer stated. Sir Keir additionally announce that 100 further air defence missiles will be delivered to Ukrainian forces ahead of schedule, as specified in a £1.6bn deal struck between Britain and Ukraine in last spring. Diplomatic Momentum Zelensky comes off the back of important international achievements in recent days: Donald Trump's decision to implement additional restrictions against Moscow, and the European Union consenting to finance a Ukrainian budget hole. Britain's leader is aiming to continue the forward movement by increasing the influence on Moscow to negotiate a resolution to the war. Summit Participants Alliance chief Mark Rutte Denmark's Prime Minister Frederiksen Dutch the Netherlands leader Further attendees like French President Emmanuel Macron will participate remotely Sir Keir will encourage participants to ramp up the supply of advanced missile technology following an effective operation on an industrial facility in the Bryansk region, the Russian Federation, using Britain-delivered advanced weaponry. "Additionally, his brutal strikes on small children in a preschool recently make that perfectly obvious," he continued. A pair of children were among no fewer than seven fatally wounded in numerous Russian strikes on Ukraine, which targeted a nursery in the major urban center Kharkiv. Budgetary Negotiations The Prime Minister will confer with Western allies on how to remove Russia's petroleum resources out of worldwide commerce. Delegates will furthermore examine using frozen Russian assets to supply Ukraine with financial loans, although the proposal faced divided opinions and legal hurdles at the European meeting on the previous day. European nations stopped short of agreeing to a proposal to utilize as much as €140 billion in seized Russian resources to economically support Ukraine. However, the participants decided to contribute to the country's "economic requirements" for the next two years. United States furthermore announced measures on midweek against the Russian major petroleum firms, Rosneft Oil and Lukoil, as part of efforts to apply economic pressure on Russia to begin ceasefire negotiations. Russia initiated its full-scale invasion of the country in early 2022. Russian troops presently occupies about twenty percent of the country's land, encompassing the southern region the Russian government seized in several years ago.