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The UK Prime Minister will push partner nations to supply Ukrainian forces with more advanced missile systems to strike Russian targets during discussions in London on this Friday.

Sir Keir plans to receive President Zelensky alongside the so-called "alliance of supportive nations", consisting of numerous of supporting nations who have pledged to provide the Ukrainian government security guarantees once hostilities pause is brokered.

Ukraine's president has been pleading for weeks for more advanced missile technology from Western nations, a move that Moscow has warned would worsen the hostilities.

The Ukrainian president is travelling from the EU capital, where he held talks with European Union officials on Thursday seeking economic assistance.

"The single figure participating in current hostilities who refuses to halt the fighting is Vladimir Putin," the Prime Minister remarked.

The Prime Minister will also reveal that one hundred further anti-aircraft missiles will be supplied to Ukraine sooner than scheduled, as detailed in a multi-billion pound agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and Kyiv in March.

International Support

Zelensky arrives after two diplomatic wins this week: the US President's move to finally apply additional restrictions against the Russian government, and the European Union deciding to finance Kyiv's budgetary shortfall.

Sir Keir is seeking to maintain the momentum by escalating the pressure on Russia to discuss a resolution to the conflict.

Meeting Attendees

• Nato Secretary General the Secretary General
• Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
• Holland's the Netherlands leader
• Others including Paris's head Macron will join virtually

The Prime Minister will press leaders to increase the delivery of advanced missile technology following a productive operation on a chemical plant in Bryansk, Russia, using Britain-delivered Storm Shadow missiles.

"Furthermore, his horrific strikes on innocent children in a daycare this week show that crystal clear," he continued.

A pair of children were among no fewer than seven killed in numerous enemy assaults on Ukraine, which struck a nursery in the important metropolitan area Kharkiv.

Budgetary Negotiations

The Prime Minister will confer with supporting countries on how to withdraw Russian oil and gas off the global market.

They will also consider employing frozen Russian assets to supply Ukraine with economic assistance, though the proposal encountered a lack of political consensus and jurisdictional challenges at the EU conference on yesterday.

The EU stopped short of approving to a proposal to utilize up to €140bn in seized Russian resources to monetarily assist Kyiv's finances.

Nonetheless, the leaders agreed to help support Kyiv's "budgetary necessities" for the next two years.

United States also revealed restrictions on Wednesday against Moscow's major petroleum firms, the state-owned company and Lukoil, as part of efforts to apply economic pressure on Russia to begin hostility discussions.

The Russian government launched its full-scale invasion of Ukrainian territory in early 2022. The invading forces presently occupies about twenty percent of Ukrainian territory, encompassing the southern region Russia seized in the year 2014.