🔗 Share this article Sir Keir Starmer to Push Allies on Advanced Missile Systems for Ukrainian Forces at London Conference Sir Keir plans to receive President Zelensky for talks of the "coalition of the willing" The UK Prime Minister will push supporting countries to supply Ukrainian forces with more long-range missiles to target enemy locations during discussions in London on the upcoming Friday. Britain's leader will host Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky alongside the so-called "coalition of the willing", comprising more than 20 of Ukraine's allies who have agreed to offer Kyiv defense assurances once fighting stops is arranged. Zelensky has been urging for an extended period for further advanced missile technology from the West, a move that Moscow has cautions would worsen the hostilities. The Ukrainian president is coming from the EU capital, where he met European Union officials on yesterday pursuing economic assistance. "The single figure involved in current hostilities who refuses to stop the fighting is Vladimir Putin," Sir Keir said. Sir Keir will also announce that 100 further anti-aircraft missiles will be delivered to Ukrainian forces sooner than scheduled, as outlined in a substantial financial arrangement struck between Britain and Ukraine in spring. International Support Zelensky comes off the back of significant diplomatic successes this week: Donald Trump's decision to implement additional restrictions against Russia, and the European Union consenting to fund Kyiv's budgetary shortfall. Sir Keir is seeking to continue the progress by increasing the influence on the Kremlin to negotiate a conclusion to the conflict. Meeting Attendees NATO leader Mark Rutte Danish leader the Danish PM Netherlands' Dick Schoof Others including French President the French president will attend online The Prime Minister will urge leaders to ramp up the delivery of advanced missile technology following a productive strike on a chemical plant in the Bryansk region, Russia, using British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles. "Additionally, his brutal strikes on innocent children in a nursery this week demonstrate that abundantly clear," he continued. Two children were part of a minimum of seven lost in a wave of Russian strikes on Ukraine, which hit a preschool facility in the second biggest city the eastern city. Economic Talks Britain's leader will consult Western allies on approaches for remove Russia's petroleum resources from international trade. The participants will additionally consider employing seized Moscow funds to offer Kyiv with financial loans, though the plan faced divided opinions and legal hurdles at the EU conference on Thursday. The EU stopped short of consenting a plan to use as much as €140 billion in frozen Russian assets to financially prop up Kyiv's finances. Nonetheless, the delegates decided to help support Ukraine's "budgetary necessities" for the upcoming biennium. America also disclosed measures on recently against Moscow's two largest energy corporations, Rosneft and Lukoil, as part of efforts to apply financial pressure on the Kremlin to begin hostility discussions. Russia initiated its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. It presently occupies about 20% of the country's land, encompassing the southern Crimea peninsular the Russian government took control of in 2014.