🔗 Share this article Starmer to Urge Partner Nations on Extended-Range Weaponry for Ukrainian Forces at London Conference Sir Keir plans to receive Zelensky for discussions of the "alliance of supportive nations" Sir Keir Starmer will push allies to supply Ukrainian forces with more long-range missiles to hit Russian targets during discussions in Britain on Friday. The prime minister will host Ukrainian President the Ukrainian head of state alongside what's known as "coalition of the willing", consisting of over twenty of supporting nations who have pledged to offer the Ukrainian government defense assurances once fighting stops is arranged. The Ukrainian leader has been pleading for weeks for further long-range weapons from the West, a step that the Russian government has warned would intensify the conflict. President Zelensky is travelling from Belgium, where he conferred with European Union officials on yesterday pursuing economic assistance. "The single figure participating in current hostilities who does not want to halt the war is the Russian leader," Sir Keir stated. The Prime Minister will also reveal that a hundred additional anti-aircraft missiles will be delivered to Ukraine sooner than scheduled, as detailed in a substantial financial arrangement reached between Britain and the Ukrainian government in spring. Diplomatic Momentum Zelensky comes off the back of two diplomatic wins this week: Washington's action to finally apply further sanctions against the Russian government, and the European Union agreeing to finance Kyiv's budgetary shortfall. Sir Keir is aiming to sustain the progress by increasing the leverage on Russia to pursue a conclusion to the conflict. Meeting Attendees Alliance chief the Secretary General Denmark's Prime Minister the Danish PM Dutch Schoof Additional participants such as Paris's head Macron will attend online Sir Keir will press leaders to ramp up the provision of long-range weapons following a successful attack on an industrial facility in the Russian city, the Russian Federation, using Britain-delivered Storm Shadow missiles. "And his horrific attacks on young children in a preschool recently make that perfectly obvious," he continued. Several minors were included in at least seven fatally wounded in numerous Russian strikes on the country, which struck a daycare center in the important metropolitan area Ukraine's second city. Economic Talks Sir Keir will consult partner nations on how to remove Russia's petroleum resources off the global market. The participants will additionally discuss employing seized Moscow funds to provide Kyiv with economic assistance, while the proposal encountered divided opinions and jurisdictional challenges at the EU conference on the previous day. The EU stopped short of consenting a plan to use as much as €140 billion in seized Russian resources to financially prop up the Ukrainian economy. Nevertheless, the delegates consented to contribute to the country's "economic requirements" for the coming 24 months. United States furthermore revealed measures on recently against the Russian two largest oil companies, the state-owned company and the private firm, as part of efforts to increase financial pressure on the Kremlin to begin hostility discussions. Russia initiated its comprehensive attack of Ukrainian territory in February 2022. Russian troops presently occupies about 20% of the country's land, encompassing the Crimean peninsula the Russian government took control of in 2014.