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The UK Prime Minister plans to press supporting countries to provide Ukraine with more long-range missiles to strike enemy locations during a meeting in London on this Friday.

Sir Keir will host Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky alongside the so-called "coalition of the willing", including over twenty of Ukraine's allies who have committed to offer Ukraine protection commitments once a ceasefire is negotiated.

Ukraine's president has been appealing for an extended period for more advanced missile technology from allied countries, a move that the Russian government has stated would worsen the conflict.

President Zelensky is coming from Belgium, where he held talks with European Union officials on yesterday seeking financial support.

"The sole individual engaged in current hostilities who refuses to end the conflict is Vladimir Putin," the Prime Minister said.

Sir Keir additionally announce that a hundred extra air defence missiles will be delivered to Ukrainian forces ahead of schedule, as detailed in a substantial financial arrangement reached between Britain and Ukraine in March.

International Support

The Ukrainian president comes following two diplomatic wins this week: Donald Trump's decision to implement new measures against Russia, and European countries agreeing to finance Kyiv's budgetary shortfall.

The Prime Minister is hoping to continue the momentum by escalating the leverage on the Kremlin to discuss a resolution to the war.

Conference Delegates

• Alliance chief Mark Rutte
• Copenhagen's head the Danish PM
• Holland's the Netherlands leader
• Additional participants such as Paris's head Macron will attend online

Sir Keir will encourage leaders to expand the supply of extended-range systems following a successful strike on a manufacturing site in Bryansk, the Russian Federation, using British-supplied advanced weaponry.

"And his horrific assaults on small children in a nursery in recent days make that crystal clear," he added.

Several minors were part of a minimum of seven killed in multiple Russian strikes on the country, which hit a preschool facility in the second biggest city Kharkiv.

Economic Talks

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

Delegates will additionally examine using seized Moscow funds to offer the Ukrainian government with financial loans, while the proposal experienced a lack of political consensus and jurisdictional challenges at the European meeting on yesterday.

The EU declined to approving a plan to employ up to €140bn in frozen Russian assets to monetarily assist Ukraine.

Nonetheless, the delegates agreed to assist with Kyiv's "financial needs" for the next two years.

The US furthermore disclosed sanctions on Wednesday against Russia's major energy corporations, Rosneft Oil and Lukoil, as component of initiatives to add financial pressure on the Kremlin to begin ceasefire negotiations.

The Russian government began its major offensive of the country in early 2022. Russian troops presently holds about one-fifth of the country's land, including the southern Crimea peninsular Moscow took control of in 2014.