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We will work with you and all of our allies on steps that would be robust enough to guarantee Ukraine’s security,
I think this will have a galvanising effect and I think this is probably what the UK is also trying to do,
The United Kingdom has many bilateral deals with lots of different countries, but very few things that are this longstanding. This is clearly designed to send a really strong signal. I suppose it’s designed to send a strong signal because we’re in quite a weak position,
This is not just about the here and now, it is also about an investment in our two countries for the next century, bringing together technology development, scientific advances and cultural exchanges, and harnessing the phenomenal innovation shown by Ukraine in recent years for generations to come,
The one hundred-year partnership agreement with the UK can definitely be replicated with other countries, further developing our partnerships,
There will have to be concessions made by the Russian Federation but also by the Ukrainians,
he told the Senate foreign relations committee He’s utterly unpredictable … all of this is happening now because of Trump, and so I think that, while it’s difficult to understand what he’ll do, [it’s] going to be a real game changer,
We have always been one of the leading countries in relation to the defence of Ukraine. And so you can read into that. But we will be playing our full part. But I don’t want to get ahead of ourselves because this has to be enduring,
The UK and Poland are longstanding allies and our co-operation stretches back for generations
Ahead of the visit, Sir Keir said North Korean forces will likely continue to suffer a larger ratio of wounded to killed in action – as is typical for armed conflict – and it is unclear if or when injured North Korean soldiers return to combat,
The entirety of this North Korean contingent in Kursk oblast may be killed or wounded in roughly 12 weeks (about mid-April 2025) should North Korean forces continue to suffer similarly high casualty rates in the future,
the ISW said in its latest war assessment Putin’s ambition to wrench Ukraine away from its closest partners has been a monumental strategic failure,
Starmer said in a statement We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, for this year or the next, but for 100 years – long after this terrible war is over and Ukraine is free and thriving once again,
Starmer told Zelensky during a visit to Kyiv, promising that We must look at how this war could end, the practical ways to get a just and lasting peace … that guarantees your security, your independence and your right to choose your own future,
Starmer said at a joint news conference Those conversations will continue for many months ahead,
Talks are expected to begin this month to agree the treaty, which will be a key pillar of the U.K.’s wider reset with Europe and builds on recent agreements with France and Germany,
I've been discussing this with a number of allies, including, of course, (French) President Macron, including President Zelenskyy here today, and we will play our full part."
Pressed in an interview with Sky News on whether Britain would contribute troops to any peacekeeping force, Starmer said If there are to be security guarantees of some sort the UK will play its part.”
It’s important that if we get to that stage, that the guarantees are capable of, and effective in, guaranteeing an enduring peace, not a pause.”
The history of the 21st century is being written today.”
Asked if he feared Mr Trump could walk away from Ukraine, he warned