Zelenskyy to meet Starmer and ‘coalition of the willing’ to discuss further military support and how to pressure Russia – Europe live

After the EU adopted its 19th sanctions package against Russia, UK PM intends to make the case for using Russia’s frozen assets to fund Ukraine’s defences

Ukrainian president Volodmyr Zelenskyy will travel to London on Friday for a meeting of the “coalition of the willing” hosted by prime minister Kier Starmer. Starmer intends to make the case for using frozen assets to fund Ukraine’s defences.

Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds told LBC:

We want to try and take Russian oil and gas off the global market.

We want also to finish the job on the frozen Russian sovereign assets, essentially so we can use the them to unlock billions of pounds to fund Ukraine’s defences and, thirdly, supplying long-range capabilities.