Some European leaders and opposition figures have openly condemned Mr Trump’s remarks about Ukraine and Sir Keir has faced pressure to challenge the President when he visits Washington. The Prime Minister has backed Mr Zelensky as a “democratically elected leader”, but avoided directly criticising the US president.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is to tell Donald Trump there must be a role for European countries including the UK in any agreement to end the war in Ukraine, when he meets the US President in Washington next week.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday that there can be no talks about the future of Ukraine without the participation of Ukraine, setting his stall out before a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump this week.

Sir Keir Starmer will discuss the importance of Ukraine's sovereignty in talks with Donald Trump next week, he said in a call with the country's president. The UK prime minister reiterated the UK's "ironclad support" for Kyiv when he spoke to Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday.

Washington on Monday, saying he will present "proposals for action" to counter the "Russian threat" in Europe and ensure peace in Ukraine. Macron is hoping to persuade Trump when the two leaders meet on the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine to include European leaders in talks between Russia and the United States.

Starmer will visit Washington D.C. in the coming week where he will meet Trump and emphasize that Kyiv “must be at the heart of any negotiations to end the war.”

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will travel to Washington next week amid alarm in Europe over U.S. President Donald Trump's hardening stance toward Ukraine and overtures to Moscow on the three-year conflict.

On the Russia-Ukraine war, both Trump and Trudeau agreed there must be an end to the conflict that is approaching its three-year mark.

Talks about ending the war in Ukraine must not take place without Kyiv at the table, Sir Keir Starmer has said, after the US and Russia kickstarted negotiations without inviting Volodymyr Zelensky. The UK Prime Minister,