Britain on Friday called on its international partners to finalize an agreement to use frozen Russian assets to bolster Ukraine’s position in any future peace negotiations. The appeal came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in London for discussions with allied leaders.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said he would also press the “Coalition of the Willing” countries to take Russian oil and gas off the global market and give Kyiv more long-range missiles.

European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to meet Ukraine’s “pressing financial needs” for the next two years but stopped short of endorsing a plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund a giant loan to Kyiv over Belgian concerns.

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Zelenskyy had asked the EU leaders in Brussels

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