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The UK Prime Minister will push supporting countries to provide Ukraine with further extended-range weaponry to strike Russian targets during a meeting in the UK capital on Friday.

The prime minister will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside the so-called "alliance of supportive nations", consisting of numerous of supporting nations who have agreed to grant Ukraine security guarantees once a ceasefire is brokered.

Ukraine's president has been urging for several weeks for additional extended-range systems from the West, a step that Russia has cautions would escalate the hostilities.

The Ukrainian president is travelling from Belgium, where he met European Union officials on yesterday seeking economic assistance.

"The sole individual involved in current hostilities who declines to stop the conflict is President Putin," Sir Keir said.

The Prime Minister will also announce that 100 extra anti-aircraft missiles will be supplied to Ukrainian forces ahead of schedule, as detailed in a £1.6bn deal concluded between Britain and the Ukrainian government in March.

Global Backing

The Ukrainian president comes after two diplomatic wins in recent days: the US President's move to implement additional restrictions against the Russian government, and the European Union deciding to support a Ukrainian budget hole.

The Prime Minister is aiming to maintain the forward movement by intensifying the pressure on the Kremlin to pursue a conclusion to the conflict.

Meeting Attendees

• NATO leader the Dutch official
• Copenhagen's head Frederiksen
• Dutch Schoof
• Others including France's leader Emmanuel Macron will participate remotely

The Prime Minister will urge delegates to increase the provision of advanced missile technology following a successful strike on a chemical plant in Bryansk, the Russian Federation, using British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles.

"And his brutal assaults on young children in a nursery in recent days make that perfectly obvious," he added.

Two children were among at least seven killed in numerous Moscow's attacks on Ukrainian territory, which struck a daycare center in the important metropolitan area Ukraine's second city.

Economic Talks

The Prime Minister will confer with Western allies on methods to take Moscow's energy exports out of worldwide commerce.

Delegates will furthermore discuss employing blocked Russian resources to supply Kyiv with monetary support, although the initiative experienced divided opinions and legal hurdles at the Brussels summit on the previous day.

European nations stopped short of consenting to a proposal to use up to €140bn in frozen Russian assets to monetarily assist Kyiv's finances.

However, the leaders decided to assist with Ukraine's "financial needs" for the next two years.

The US furthermore announced measures on Wednesday against Moscow's major oil companies, Rosneft Oil and Lukoil, as element of actions to add financial pressure on Moscow to enter peace talks.

The Russian government launched its full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022. It at this time controls about 20% of the country's land, including the southern region Moscow took control of in the year 2014.