🔗 Share this article Starmer to Push Partner Nations on Long-Range Missiles for Ukraine at London Summit Keir Starmer is set to welcome Zelensky for discussions of the "group of committed partners" Sir Keir Starmer will push allies to deliver Ukrainian forces with further extended-range weaponry to strike enemy locations during discussions in London on the upcoming Friday. Sir Keir is set to welcome Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky alongside the so-called "group of committed partners", consisting of over twenty of Kyiv's partners who have agreed to provide Kyiv security guarantees once fighting stops is brokered. The Ukrainian leader has been urging for an extended period for additional long-range weapons from the West, a step that Russia has stated would intensify the hostilities. The Ukrainian president is journeying from Brussels, where he conferred with European representatives on Thursday pursuing economic assistance. "The sole individual involved in the ongoing war who declines to end the war is President Putin," Starmer stated. The Prime Minister will also reveal that 100 further air defence missiles will be provided to Kyiv earlier than planned, as detailed in a substantial financial arrangement concluded between the UK and Kyiv in last spring. Global Backing Ukraine's leader travels after two diplomatic wins this week: the US President's move to implement further sanctions against Russia, and the European Union deciding to fund a Ukrainian budget hole. Sir Keir is seeking to sustain the forward movement by increasing the leverage on the Kremlin to discuss a resolution to the hostilities. Summit Participants NATO leader the Secretary General Denmark's Prime Minister the Danish PM Holland's the Netherlands leader Additional participants such as Paris's head Macron will attend online Sir Keir will encourage leaders to expand the provision of long-range weapons following a successful operation on a manufacturing site in the Bryansk region, the Russian Federation, using UK-provided Storm Shadow missiles. "Additionally, his horrific assaults on innocent children in a nursery recently make that crystal clear," he continued. Two children were among no fewer than seven killed in a wave of Russian strikes on Ukrainian territory, which targeted a nursery in the major urban center the eastern city. Financial Discussions Sir Keir will discuss with partner nations on methods to remove Russian oil and gas from international trade. Delegates will also discuss using seized Moscow funds to supply Kyiv with monetary support, although the initiative faced insufficient agreement and regulatory obstacles at the Brussels summit on yesterday. The EU declined to consenting an initiative to utilize as much as €140 billion in frozen Russian assets to financially prop up the Ukrainian economy. Nevertheless, the participants decided to help support Ukraine's "economic requirements" for the coming 24 months. America additionally revealed measures on recently against the Russian two largest oil companies, the state-owned company and Lukoil Corporation, as element of actions to increase economic pressure on Moscow to begin hostility discussions. The Russian government launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. Russian troops at this time controls about one-fifth of Ukrainian territory, encompassing the Crimean peninsula the Russian government took control of in 2014.