British PM urges support for Zelensky, criticizes "fawning over Putin"
Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine
In Ukraine, the Russian Federation is the aggressor in the war, and dictator Vladimir Putin has never kept his word. Therefore, the world should support Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelensky as military leader and not flatter the head of the Kremlin.
According to CNN, the Prime Minister of Great Britain Keir Starmer stated this, speaking before Parliament.
"Russia is the aggressor. Zelensky is a war leader whose country has been invaded. And we should all be supporting him and not fawning over Putin," the British government official said.
This was the British Prime Minister's response to a question from Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing populist party Reform UK and a close associate of former US President Donald Trump.
The publication notes that while Starmer has refrained from directly criticizing Trump for his treatment of Zelensky during the Ukrainian leader's visit to the White House last Friday, he has repeatedly warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted.
"We know (Putin) is not a man to keep his word," the British prime minister said.
Starmer also added that security guarantees must be part of any peace agreement.
"We must be vigilant on all fronts in relation to Putin," he noted.
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It is important to note that on March 2, an international leaders' meeting took place in London, the capital of Britain. The gathering included leaders from over 10 countries, alongside senior representatives from the European Union and NATO.
The main topics of the summit:
Strengthening Ukraine's position now – including continued military support and increased economic pressure on Russia;
- the need for a strong, long-term agreement that will ensure permanent peace in Ukraine and ensure that Ukraine can deter and defend itself from future attacks by Russia;
- next steps in planning reliable security guarantees.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also arrived in London. The previous day, during his visit, the head of state of Ukraine met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
After the summit, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that Ukraine would receive 1.6 billion pounds sterling (about 2 billion US dollars) to purchase more than 5,000 air defense missiles.
Keir Starmer also said that Britain is taking essential steps to help Ukraine. These include sending a military contingent and creating a "coalition of the willing" to secure any peace agreement in Ukraine. The United Kingdom will play a leading role in this coalition.
The summit participants also clearly stated that strong security guarantees, including the possibility of involving the mechanisms of the North Atlantic Treaty, must necessarily be the basis of a potential ceasefire.
Before the summit, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that Great Britain and France would work with Ukraine on a peace plan and then present it to Washington for consideration.
However, it later became known that France and Great Britain disagreed on a peace plan to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian war, which would have provided for a month-long ceasefire.
