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Sir Keir Starmer is expected to urge partner nations to deliver Ukrainian forces with more advanced missile systems to target enemy locations during a meeting in Britain on this Friday.

Britain's leader plans to receive President Zelensky alongside the so-called "group of committed partners", consisting of numerous of Kyiv's partners who have committed to offer the Ukrainian government defense assurances once fighting stops is brokered.

Zelensky has been urging for weeks for additional extended-range systems from allied countries, a step that Moscow has stated would worsen the war.

President Zelensky is journeying from the EU capital, where he conferred with European Union officials on Thursday seeking economic assistance.

"The sole individual participating in the ongoing war who does not want to end the fighting is Vladimir Putin," the Prime Minister stated.

The Prime Minister furthermore announce that 100 further air defense systems will be supplied to Ukrainian forces sooner than scheduled, as outlined in a £1.6bn deal reached between Britain and Kyiv in spring.

Diplomatic Momentum

Ukraine's leader comes off the back of significant diplomatic successes this week: the US President's move to finally apply further sanctions against Moscow, and EU nations agreeing to fund Ukraine's financial gap.

The Prime Minister is seeking to sustain the forward movement by intensifying the leverage on Russia to negotiate a resolution to the war.

Meeting Attendees

• Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte
• Copenhagen's head Frederiksen
• Netherlands' Schoof
• Further attendees like French President Macron will attend online

Britain's leader will urge delegates to ramp up the provision of advanced missile technology following a successful operation on a manufacturing site in the Bryansk region, the Russian Federation, using Britain-delivered Storm Shadow missiles.

"And his horrific strikes on innocent children in a preschool in recent days show that crystal clear," he added.

Several minors were included in at least seven killed in a wave of Moscow's attacks on Ukraine, which targeted a preschool facility in the second biggest city Ukraine's second city.

Financial Discussions

The Prime Minister will consult Western allies on methods to withdraw Moscow's energy exports off the global market.

They will furthermore consider using blocked Russian resources to supply the Ukrainian government with economic assistance, although the initiative encountered a lack of political consensus and jurisdictional challenges at the EU conference on the previous day.

European nations stopped short of approving an initiative to use as much as €140 billion in frozen Russian assets to financially prop up the Ukrainian economy.

Nonetheless, the participants decided to assist with Kyiv's "financial needs" for the coming 24 months.

America also revealed sanctions on Wednesday against Moscow's biggest oil companies, Rosneft Oil and the private firm, as part of efforts to apply financial pressure on the Kremlin to begin peace talks.

The Russian government began its comprehensive attack of Ukrainian territory in February 2022. It currently controls about one-fifth of Ukraine's soil, comprising the southern Crimea peninsular Moscow seized in several years ago.