🔗 Share this article Starmer to Press Partner Nations on Extended-Range Weaponry for Ukrainian Forces at London Summit The British Prime Minister will host Zelensky for discussions of the "alliance of supportive nations" The UK Prime Minister plans to press partner nations to deliver Ukraine with further advanced missile systems to target enemy locations during discussions in London on Friday. Sir Keir is set to welcome President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside the so-called "alliance of supportive nations", including more than 20 of Kyiv's partners who have agreed to offer Kyiv defense assurances once fighting stops is brokered. Ukraine's president has been urging for weeks for more extended-range systems from allied countries, an action that the Russian government has stated would worsen the conflict. The Ukrainian president is journeying from Brussels, where he conferred with European Union officials on yesterday pursuing funding aid. "The only person involved in the ongoing war who does not want to stop the war is Vladimir Putin," the Prime Minister stated. The Prime Minister will also announce that 100 additional air defense systems will be delivered to Ukraine ahead of schedule, as outlined in a £1.6bn deal reached between the UK and Kyiv in March. Global Backing Ukraine's leader comes following important international achievements this week: the US President's move to implement additional restrictions against Russia, and European countries deciding to finance a Ukrainian budget hole. Sir Keir is hoping to maintain the progress by increasing the leverage on Russia to discuss a resolution to the war. Conference Delegates NATO leader Mark Rutte Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen Holland's Schoof Further attendees like France's leader Macron will participate remotely The Prime Minister will press participants to increase the delivery of long-range weapons following an effective operation on a manufacturing site in Bryansk, Russia, using UK-provided advanced weaponry. "Additionally, his depraved strikes on young children in a preschool this week demonstrate that abundantly clear," he stated further. Two children were among at least seven killed in numerous Moscow's attacks on Ukrainian territory, which hit a nursery in the important metropolitan area the eastern city. Budgetary Negotiations Britain's leader will consult partner nations on methods to withdraw Russia's petroleum resources off the global market. The participants will also consider using seized Moscow funds to offer the Ukrainian government with economic assistance, while the plan encountered insufficient agreement and regulatory obstacles at the EU conference on the previous day. The EU stopped short of agreeing to a proposal to employ as much as €140 billion in seized Russian resources to monetarily assist Ukraine. Nevertheless, the participants agreed to help support Kyiv's "budgetary necessities" for the coming 24 months. America also disclosed sanctions on midweek against Moscow's biggest energy corporations, Rosneft Oil and Lukoil, as part of efforts to increase financial pressure on the Kremlin to commence peace talks. The Russian government began its full-scale invasion of Ukrainian territory in early 2022. It currently occupies about one-fifth of Ukrainian territory, comprising the Crimean peninsula Moscow took control of in the year 2014.