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United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer He said that any agreement on the table to end the War of Russia in Ukraine must be “lasting” to ensure that it is not violated as previous peace agreements.
“It has to be something that endures,” said Thursday in an interview in “Special Report.” “And for that to happen, there must be a real sense of (Russian President Vladimir), Putin that he cannot violate that agreement.”
Starmer told Fox News the political presenter Bret Baier that European countries, including the United Kingdom, need to play a role in the establishment and maintenance of security guarantees once the war ends.
The portraits of the Ukrainian soldiers are seen in the monument for the Independence Square Maidan on the third anniversary of the Invasion of Russia, kyiv on Monday, February 24, 2025. ((Photo of Bo Amstrup/NTB/AFP through Getty Images)))
“I have indicated that the United Kingdom will play a main role, whether they are troops on the ground. We have also been talking about possible air and sea works that we can do, talking to our European partners,” he said.
The leader of the Labor Party met with President Donald Trump in the White House on Thursday, days after a call with world leaders and Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy on the three -year anniversary of Russia’s large -scale invasion in 2022.
Starmer announced a commitment earlier this week to increase the defense expenditure of the United Kingdom to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, which is half of the number Trump would like to see.
British prime minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrive at the crowns in the wall of the memory of the fallen for Ukraine on January 16, 2025 in kyiv, Ukraine. ((Photo of Carl Court/Getty images)))
The commander in chief wants NATO members to increase 5% of GDP defense spending to strengthen their own safety.
Prime Minister’s office said Proposed increase to GDP It is the greatest investment in defense spending since the Cold War.
“In recent years, the world has been reformed by global instability, including Russian aggression in Ukraine, increasing the threats of malignant actors, rapid technological change and accelerating impacts of climate change.” Read the press release of 10 Downing Street in part.
Starmer acknowledged that there are still many problems to solve before ending any agreement, but praised Trump for changing the conversation and moving to end the war.
“He has brought a historical opportunity. For three years, this conflict has been dragging with so many murdered people. The president has changed that, and I think it is a real opportunity that he has created,” said the prime minister.
He added that he is concerned that Putin is not up to the end of the treatment because “historically that has been the case.”
French president Emmanuel Macron He said “Special Report” at the beginning of the week that there must be more guarantees instead than only a high fire due to previous violations of Russia in 2014 and 2015 with respect to Minsk’s agreements.
The excavator of the drag line rare earth materials in the Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025 in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. ((Photo of Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty images))))
Zelenskyy He is ready to meet with Trump on Friday at the White House to sign a historical treatment of rare earth minerals.
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The Trump administration says the agreement creates a long -term economic association between the United States and Ukraine and helps recover the tens of billions sent to kyiv.
