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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Ukraine’s allies must ‘keep dialling up the economic pressure’ on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has imposed further sanctions on Russia in an attempt to force President Vladimir Putin “not just to talk, but to make concessions.”
The prime minister said U.S. President Donald Trump has “changed the global conversation” around Ukraine, but that this provided an “opportunity,” as world leaders marked the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
He repeated calls for Ukraine to have a seat at the table for any peace talks, and for a U.S. “backstop” to any peace agreement, which he is expected to discuss with Trump when he visits Washington later this week.
Starmer added that Putin “does not hold all the cards in this war,” pointing to Ukraine’s continued “courage to defend their country” and the prospect of tightened sanctions hitting the Russian economy.
Speaking to a gathering of Ukraine’s allies, Starmer said the new package of UK measures will go after Russia’s so-called shadow fleet, used to transport oil and goods in defiance of sanctions, as well as companies in China and…
