Sir Keir Starmer and European allies rallied around Ukraine and attempted to respond to Donald Trump’s concerns over the war with Russia after reports of a White House slanging match between the US President and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky .

The Prime Minister called another meeting of the “coalition of the willing” of European backers of Ukraine on Friday after Trump refused to supply Tomahawk missiles and pressured Zelensky to accept Moscow’s demands.

Starmer said he would be “resolute” in support for Ukraine and in pointed comments said: “Tyrants like [Russian President Vladimir] Putin only respond to strength.” New Feature

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He suggested the coalition would discuss fresh measures to “cripple Putin’s war machine” in Frida

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