Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has arrived in Kyiv to meet with President Zelensky and other European leaders to place pressure on Russia to agree to a ceasefire, a day after Putin hosted his allies for a Red Square Victory Day parade.
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland arrived in Kyiv on Saturday for talks with Ukrainian President Zelensky in a show of unity of the 'coalition of the willing'.
The summit will discuss a US and European proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in the Russian war in Ukraine that, if refused by Moscow, would see them jointly impose new sanctions, a French diplomatic source said.
The visit by British Prime Minister Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is the first time the leaders of the four countries have travelled together to Ukraine.
It is also the first time a meeting of global leaders is being held in the country since the outbreak of war after the Russian invasion in February 2022.
