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Sir Keir Starmer plans to press supporting countries to supply Ukraine with additional long-range missiles to strike Russian targets during talks in the UK capital on the upcoming Friday.

The prime minister plans to receive Ukraine's leader the Ukrainian head of state alongside the so-called "coalition of the willing", comprising more than 20 of Kyiv's partners who have pledged to offer Kyiv defense assurances once hostilities pause is arranged.

The Ukrainian leader has been urging for weeks for more advanced missile technology from Western nations, an action that the Russian government has warned would escalate the conflict.

President Zelensky is coming from Belgium, where he conferred with European Union officials on Thursday requesting economic assistance.

"The sole individual engaged in current hostilities who declines to end the conflict is President Putin," the Prime Minister stated.

The Prime Minister furthermore announce that 100 additional anti-aircraft missiles will be provided to Ukrainian forces ahead of schedule, as detailed in a multi-billion pound agreement struck between the UK and Ukraine in last spring.

Global Backing

The Ukrainian president comes off the back of two diplomatic wins this week: the US President's move to implement further sanctions against Russia, and EU nations deciding to finance Ukraine's financial gap.

Sir Keir is aiming to continue the momentum by escalating the pressure on Moscow to pursue an end to the conflict.

Summit Participants

• NATO leader the Dutch official
• Copenhagen's head Frederiksen
• Netherlands' Dick Schoof
• Additional participants such as Paris's head Emmanuel Macron will participate remotely

Sir Keir will press leaders to ramp up the delivery of advanced missile technology following a successful attack on a chemical plant in Bryansk, Russia, using UK-provided advanced weaponry.

"Furthermore, his depraved strikes on small children in a nursery in recent days make that abundantly clear," he continued.

Several minors were among a minimum of seven killed in numerous Russian strikes on the country, which hit a nursery in the second biggest city Ukraine's second city.

Economic Talks

Sir Keir will consult partner nations on how to withdraw Moscow's energy exports from international trade.

Delegates will additionally consider using seized Moscow funds to offer Kyiv with monetary support, although the plan encountered divided opinions and jurisdictional challenges at the European meeting on the previous day.

The EU stopped short of approving to a proposal to utilize approximately €140 billion in blocked Moscow funds to economically support Kyiv's finances.

Nonetheless, the leaders agreed to contribute to the country's "budgetary necessities" for the upcoming biennium.

The US also revealed sanctions on recently against the Russian two largest oil companies, the state-owned company and Lukoil Corporation, as part of efforts to apply monetary leverage on Russia to enter peace talks.

The Russian government launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in winter 2022. It presently controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory, encompassing the Crimean peninsula Russia annexed in 2014.