Coalition of willing to guarantee Ukraine peace

UK Prime Minister Kiir Starmer has announced a four -point plan to work with Ukraine to end the war and defend the country from Russia.

He said on Sunday: “The United Kingdom, France and other countries will intensify their efforts in an” alliance of those who wish “and seeks to involve the United States in supporting it to Ukraine, after summoning the summit of 18 leaders – most of them from Europe, including Volodimir Zelinski – three days ago.

“We are at a crossroads in history today,” said Starmer after the summit, while Zelinski said that Kiev felt “with strong support” and showed “European unity at a very high level that has long been unprecedented.”

It comes after two days A shot between the Ukrainian leader and US President Donald Trump In the White House.

“We all work together in Europe to find a basis for cooperation with America for real peace and guaranteed security,” said Zellinski after the summit.

Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron told Le Figaro newspaper that Paris and London wanted to suggest a one -month truce between Russia and Ukraine “in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure.”

Speaking at a press conference shortly after the leaders meeting, Starmer said that four points were agreed upon:

• To maintain military aid flows to Ukraine, and maintains an increase in economic pressure on Russia
• Any permanent peace must guarantee the sovereignty of Ukraine and Ukraine must be present in any peace talks
• In the event of a peace agreement, to enhance Ukraine’s defensive capabilities to deter any future invasion
• To develop a “alliance of those wishing” to defend a deal in Ukraine and ensure peace after that

Starmer also announced an additional 1.6 billion pounds ($ 2 billion) of export financing in the United Kingdom to buy more than 5,000 air defense missiles. This comes above a A loan of 2.2 billion pounds sterling To provide more military aid to Ukraine, backed by profits of frozen Russian origin.

“We have to learn from the mistakes of the past, we cannot accept a weak deal that Russia can easily penetrate, and instead it must support any power deal,” he said.

The Prime Minister did not mention the countries that agreed to join this alliance from the wishing, but he said that those who committed will intensify planning with real urgency.

He said that the UK will support its commitment to “shoes on the ground and aircraft in the air.”

He said, “Europe must raise heavy lifting,” before adding that the agreement will need to support and have to include Russia, but Moscow cannot be allowed to dictate terms.

“Let me be clear,” said Starmer.

When asked if the United States under Trump’s leadership was an unreliable ally, he said: “No one wants to see what happened last Friday, but I do not accept that the United States is an unreliable ally.”

The two countries at the summit included France, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, Norway, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Finland, Italy, Spain and Canada.

UNHCR president Ursula von der Lynn said that there is now an urgent need to “re -deport Europe.”

These feelings echoed the Secretary -General of NATO Mark Root, who said that the meeting witnessed that European countries “ascend” to ensure that Ukraine has what needs to be “staying in fighting as long as it is to continue.”

After the summit, Zelinski went to Sandringham Where King Charles III met. He later spoke to correspondents at a final press conference He said he was ready to sign a deal on minerals with the United States.

It was expected that Ukraine’s signature on the deal – which would give the United States access to the rare metal reserves in Ukraine – during Zelinski’s visit to Washington, but the Ukrainian delegation finally left early after a hot confrontation with Trump in the Oval Office.

Earlier on Sunday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Payette warned of an agreement on minerals between the United States and Ukraine that cannot be signed “without a peace agreement” with Russia.

But when the BBC was asked about the future of the deal after the top, Zelensky said it was ready to sign.

“The agreement on the table will be signed if the parties are ready,” he said.

The Sunday summit concludes a feverish week of diplomacy, which included visits to Washington by Macron, Sarmer and Zelinski.

However, the Zelinski meeting was crowned with exchange materials with Trump and Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, where the American President accused his Ukrainian counterpart. “Getting with the Third World War”.

Trump said he wanted to end the war in Ukraine and expressed confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin to the panic of many of his Western allies.

The United States also started peace talks with Russia – with the exception of Ukraine.

At one time, the American leader accused Ukraine of starting the war – although it was Putin who launched a large -scale invasion of Russia’s neighbor on February 24, 2022.