Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has left Downing Street after meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
The pair was expected to discuss the public quarrel between Zelenskyy and US President Donald Trump at the Oval Office on Friday and explored security guarantees to end the war in Ukraine and deter any future Russian aggression.
The US continued support for Ukraine is now in doubt after Trump gave Zelenskyy an ultimatum: “You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out, and if we’re out, you’ll fight it out.”
Ahead of their private talk, Starmer doubled down on the UK’s support to Ukraine. He told Zelenskyy inside Number 10 “a lasting peace for Ukraine based on sovereignty and security for Ukraine — so important for Ukraine, so important for Europe and so important for the United Kingdom.”
The Ukrainian president was met with a crowd of cheering supporters outside Downing Street with Starmer saying he had “full backing across the United Kingdom.”
Zelenskyy thanked Starmer for his country’s “big support from the very beginning of this war” and highlighted
The Ukrainian leader’s visit to Downing Street follows that cut short Zelenskyy’s trip to the White House.
On Sunday, apart from meeting Britain’s King Charles, Zelenskyy will also attend a summit organized by Starmer.
The summit will include leaders from France, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, Czechia and Romania, as well as the NATO secretary-general and the presidents of the European Commission and European Council.
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