Once the pair were inside 10 Downing Street, however, Starmer delivered a more sober message to the Ukrainian leader during a private meeting: It was time to make amends with Trump. Starmer urged an emotionally raw Zelensky to focus on getting Trump to face off with the Kremlin,

The last time Ukraine signed a peace accord with Russia, 10 years ago, it brought only sporadic violence, mounting distrust, and eventually full-scale war. Here’s what we can learn from that history.

The diplomatic effort coincided with a Russian claim that its troops have driven the Ukrainian army out of a key town in Russia's Kursk border region.