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Sir Keir Starmer is expected to urge partner nations to supply Ukrainian forces with further long-range missiles to target enemy locations during a meeting in London on Friday.

Britain's leader is set to welcome Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky alongside referred to as "alliance of supportive nations", comprising numerous of Ukraine's allies who have committed to grant Kyiv defense assurances once hostilities pause is brokered.

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

President Zelensky is travelling from the EU capital, where he met European Union officials on the previous day requesting financial support.

"The single figure engaged in current hostilities who does not want to halt the war is the Russian leader," Starmer stated.

The Prime Minister will also announce that 100 further air defence missiles will be supplied to Kyiv ahead of schedule, as detailed in a multi-billion pound agreement concluded between Britain and Ukraine in March.

Diplomatic Momentum

Zelensky travels off the back of significant diplomatic successes this week: the US President's move to enact new measures against Russia, and EU nations consenting to fund Ukraine's financial gap.

Sir Keir is hoping to sustain the momentum by increasing the leverage on Russia to negotiate a resolution to the war.

Meeting Attendees

• NATO leader the Secretary General
• Denmark's Prime Minister the Danish PM
• Netherlands' the Netherlands leader
• Further attendees like France's leader the French president will participate remotely

The Prime Minister will urge leaders to expand the delivery of advanced missile technology following an effective strike on a manufacturing site in Bryansk, the Russian Federation, using British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles.

"Furthermore, his horrific strikes on innocent children in a nursery recently show that crystal clear," he continued.

Two children were included in a minimum of seven killed in multiple Russian strikes on Ukraine, which targeted a daycare center in the second biggest city Ukraine's second city.

Financial Discussions

Britain's leader will discuss with supporting countries on how to remove Moscow's energy exports off the global market.

Delegates will furthermore discuss employing frozen Russian assets to provide Ukraine with monetary support, though the proposal faced divided opinions and legal hurdles at the European meeting on the previous day.

The EU opted against agreeing a plan to utilize approximately €140 billion in seized Russian resources to monetarily assist the Ukrainian economy.

Nonetheless, the delegates decided to help support the country's "economic requirements" for the next two years.

The US furthermore announced restrictions on recently against Moscow's major oil companies, the state-owned company and Lukoil Corporation, as component of initiatives to add financial pressure on Russia to begin hostility discussions.

The Russian government launched its full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022. The invading forces at this time controls about one-fifth of Ukraine's soil, encompassing the southern region Russia annexed in the year 2014.