🔗 Share this article Starmer to Urge Allies on Advanced Missile Systems for Ukraine at London Conference Keir Starmer is set to welcome Ukraine's leader for talks of the "alliance of supportive nations" Sir Keir Starmer will push supporting countries to provide Ukrainian forces with additional extended-range weaponry to target Russian targets during discussions in London on this Friday. Sir Keir will host President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside referred to as "coalition of the willing", including over twenty of Ukraine's allies who have pledged to offer Kyiv defense assurances once fighting stops is arranged. Ukraine's president has been pleading for weeks for more extended-range systems from Western nations, a step that Moscow has warned would intensify the war. President Zelensky is coming from Brussels, where he met EU leaders on yesterday requesting financial support. "The sole individual involved in this conflict who refuses to halt the war is President Putin," Starmer said. Britain's leader will also declare that 100 further anti-aircraft missiles will be supplied to Kyiv earlier than planned, as outlined in a multi-billion pound agreement reached between the UK and the Ukrainian government in March. Diplomatic Momentum The Ukrainian president arrives off the back of two diplomatic wins this week: Donald Trump's decision to finally apply further sanctions against the Russian government, and EU nations agreeing to fund Ukraine's financial gap. Sir Keir is aiming to maintain the forward movement by increasing the leverage on Moscow to discuss a conclusion to the war. Conference Delegates Alliance chief the Dutch official Danish leader the Danish PM Netherlands' Schoof Further attendees like France's leader Macron will participate remotely Sir Keir will encourage participants to expand the provision of extended-range systems following an effective operation on a manufacturing site in the Bryansk region, the Russian Federation, using British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles. "Additionally, his brutal assaults on innocent children in a preschool in recent days make that perfectly obvious," he added. Several minors were included in at least seven lost in numerous Russian strikes on Ukraine, which targeted a daycare center in the second biggest city Kharkiv. Budgetary Negotiations Britain's leader will discuss with supporting countries on how to remove Russian oil and gas out of worldwide commerce. They will furthermore consider employing blocked Russian resources to provide the Ukrainian government with economic assistance, although the initiative experienced insufficient agreement and regulatory obstacles at the EU conference on the previous day. The EU opted against approving an initiative to employ as much as €140 billion in frozen Russian assets to monetarily assist Kyiv's finances. However, the leaders agreed to contribute to Kyiv's "financial needs" for the next two years. The US additionally announced restrictions on recently against Russia's biggest energy corporations, the state-owned company and Lukoil Corporation, as part of efforts to add economic pressure on the Kremlin to begin ceasefire negotiations. The Russian government initiated its major offensive of Ukrainian territory in winter 2022. It currently holds about 20% of the country's land, including the Crimean peninsula the Russian government seized in 2014.