Keir Starmer lays down Ukraine peace demand ahead of Trump talks

<p>Kyiv ‘must be at the heart of negotiations’ says PM as US threat to block Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites fuels wave of alarm</p><p>Keir Starmer has raised the stakes before a crucial meeting in Washington with the US president, Donald Trump this week, by insisting that Ukraine must be “at the heart of any negotiations” on a peace deal with Russia.</p><p>The prime minister made the remarks – which run directly contrary to comments by the US president last week – in a phone call on Saturdaywith Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in which he also said that “safeguarding Ukraine’s sovereignty was essential to deter future aggression from Russia”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/22/keir-starmer-lays-down-ukraine-peace-demand-ahead-of-trump-talks">Continue reading...</a>