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Sir Keir Starmer will push supporting countries to supply Ukrainian forces with additional advanced missile systems to hit Moscow's positions during a meeting in the UK capital on Friday.

The prime minister is set to welcome President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside referred to as "alliance of supportive nations", including numerous of Ukraine's allies who have committed to grant Kyiv defense assurances once a ceasefire is arranged.

Ukraine's president has been pleading for several weeks for further advanced missile technology from allied countries, an action that the Russian government has warned would escalate the hostilities.

The Ukrainian president is travelling from the EU capital, where he conferred with EU leaders on the previous day pursuing financial support.

"The single figure involved in the ongoing war who declines to end the war is Vladimir Putin," Sir Keir said.

Sir Keir furthermore announce that 100 extra anti-aircraft missiles will be delivered to Ukrainian forces earlier than planned, as outlined in a multi-billion pound agreement reached between the United Kingdom and Kyiv in spring.

International Support

Zelensky comes off the back of important international achievements this week: the US President's move to enact further sanctions against the Russian government, and the European Union agreeing to fund Ukraine's financial gap.

Britain's leader is aiming to sustain the progress by escalating the leverage on Russia to discuss a resolution to the hostilities.

Summit Participants

• NATO leader Mark Rutte
• Danish leader the Danish PM
• Holland's Schoof
• Additional participants such as France's leader the French president will attend online

Sir Keir will press participants to ramp up the supply of long-range weapons following a productive attack on an industrial facility in Bryansk, Russia, using UK-provided Storm Shadow missiles.

"Furthermore, his horrific attacks on small children in a preschool in recent days make that abundantly clear," he continued.

Several minors were among a minimum of seven fatally wounded in a wave of Russian strikes on the country, which targeted a preschool facility in the major urban center Ukraine's second city.

Economic Talks

The Prime Minister will consult partner nations on methods to remove Moscow's energy exports from international trade.

They will also consider employing blocked Russian resources to supply the Ukrainian government with financial loans, though the plan experienced a lack of political consensus and jurisdictional challenges at the EU conference on the previous day.

European nations declined to agreeing a plan to utilize up to €140bn in seized Russian resources to monetarily assist the Ukrainian economy.

Nevertheless, the leaders decided to assist with the country's "economic requirements" for the upcoming biennium.

America furthermore revealed restrictions on Wednesday against Russia's biggest oil companies, Rosneft Oil and Lukoil Corporation, as element of actions to apply monetary leverage on the Kremlin to commence ceasefire negotiations.

Russia initiated its full-scale invasion of the country in early 2022. Russian troops presently holds about 20% of the country's land, comprising the southern Crimea peninsular Russia annexed in 2014.