Sir Keir Starmer and European leaders will today put pressure on Donald Trump not to hand parts of Ukraine to Russia during his upcoming talks with Vladimir Putin.

The Prime Minister will join a call at lunchtime with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Friedrich Merz.

They will then be joined by Mr Trump and US vice president JD Vance for an emergency virtual summit, ahead of Mr Trump's talks with Mr Putin in Alaska on Friday.

The US President is meeting the Russian leader as he attempts to fulfil his promise to bring to an end the three year-long conflict in Ukraine.

But there are worries in European capitals that Mr Trump will offer to cede Ukrainian territory to Russia as part of a ceasefire deal.