🔗 Share this article The UK Prime Minister to Press Supporting Countries on Advanced Missile Systems for Ukraine at London Summit Sir Keir plans to receive Zelensky for talks of the "coalition of the willing" Sir Keir Starmer plans to press partner nations to deliver Ukraine with more advanced missile systems to target Russian targets during talks in Britain on this Friday. Britain's leader will host President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside the so-called "coalition of the willing", comprising numerous of Kyiv's partners who have committed to grant Kyiv security guarantees once hostilities pause is arranged. The Ukrainian leader has been pleading for several weeks for further advanced missile technology from Western nations, a move that the Russian government has stated would intensify the war. President Zelensky is coming from Belgium, where he met European representatives on yesterday seeking financial support. "The single figure involved in this conflict who refuses to halt the war is President Putin," Starmer stated. Britain's leader will also announce that a hundred further air defence missiles will be supplied to Ukraine ahead of schedule, as outlined in a multi-billion pound agreement struck between Britain and the Ukrainian government in March. Diplomatic Momentum Zelensky travels off the back of significant diplomatic successes in recent days: Washington's action to implement additional restrictions against the Russian government, and EU nations consenting to finance a Ukrainian budget hole. The Prime Minister is hoping to continue the momentum by intensifying the leverage on the Kremlin to pursue an end to the war. Conference Delegates Alliance chief Mark Rutte Denmark's Prime Minister Frederiksen Dutch Schoof Further attendees like France's leader Emmanuel Macron will attend online Sir Keir will press leaders to ramp up the supply of long-range weapons following a productive attack on an industrial facility in Bryansk, the Russian Federation, using Britain-delivered advanced weaponry. "Additionally, his brutal strikes on innocent children in a preschool in recent days show that abundantly clear," he stated further. Two children were part of at least seven killed in multiple Moscow's attacks on Ukrainian territory, which targeted a nursery in the second biggest city Kharkiv. Budgetary Negotiations Britain's leader will consult partner nations on methods to withdraw Russia's petroleum resources from international trade. They will additionally consider employing blocked Russian resources to offer Kyiv with monetary support, while the proposal experienced insufficient agreement and jurisdictional challenges at the Brussels summit on Thursday. European Union declined to approving to a proposal to use approximately €140 billion in seized Russian resources to monetarily assist Ukraine. However, the participants decided to assist with the country's "economic requirements" for the coming 24 months. The US additionally disclosed sanctions on Wednesday against Moscow's two largest petroleum firms, the state-owned company and the private firm, as component of initiatives to add economic pressure on Russia to enter peace talks. Russia began its comprehensive attack of Ukrainian territory in February 2022. The invading forces currently controls about 20% of the country's land, including the southern region Russia annexed in several years ago.