Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat has indirectly dismissed Keir Starmer’s idea to deploy peacekeeping troops to Ukraine. Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov attacked European leaders who are still supporting Ukraine three years after Putin launched his brutal invasion.

Russia talks on Ukraine hours before a crunch meeting between Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump on Thursday. Starmer had come under pressure to shore up American support for a security "backstop" in Ukraine after a potential end to the war - and after the talks,

If there is a cease-fire without a backstop, it will simply give him the opportunity to wait and to come again,” Keir Starmer warned on the flight to Washington, D.C.

Keir Starmer warns Putin will 'go again' in Ukraine without proper deterrent after Trump talks - The US President has resisted calls to fully commit American troops to peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine

The prime minister wants to keep everyone happy. He has been loath to criticize Trump, has warmed up Britain’s post-Brexit partnership with the European Union, avowedly backed Kyiv and thawed ties with China. At a time of geopolitical upheaval, he is attempting to squeeze Britain into an impossibly tight Venn diagram.

Keir Starmer has warned that Vladimir Putin could invade Ukraine again if the US does not provide security guarantees for Europe. The Prime Minister is en route to Washington for a key summit with Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday,

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