At a meeting with European leaders, the Ukrainian president also discusses the supply of long-range missiles. What we know on day 1,340
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the US to expand sanctions on Russian oil from two companies to the whole sector, and appealed for long-range missiles to hit back at Russia. Zelenskyy was in London for talks with two dozen European leaders. The Ukrainian leader said Trump’s decision this week to impose oil sanctions was “a big step,” and said “we have to apply pressure not only to Rosneft and Lukoil, but to all Russian oil companies”.
The Ukrainian leader chose not to overtly lobby for the supply of US Tomahawk cruise missiles at the meeting but instead emphasised the need for the west to work together. British prime minister Keir Starmer, however, said there was more that they could do to bolster Kyiv’s long-range missile capability. “I think there’s further we can do on capability, particularly … long-range capability and, of course, the vital work for coalition of the willing when it comes to the security guarantees that are necessary,” Starmer said.
Nato secretary general Mark Rutte said he discussed the issue of sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine with US president Donald Trump and it is still under review. “On particularly, the Tomahawks, of course, the president and I discussed that. The issue remains under review by the president and again, it’s up to the US to decide,” said Rutte.
