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Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer hosts European leaders today (2 March) to discuss support for the Ukraine following the unprecedented clash between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump.
Sir Keir will gather European leaders in London on Sunday to forge a common position on ending the war in Ukraine.
Mr Zelensky will join Sir Keir at the summit alongside the leaders of other European countries, before he heads off to meet the King.
He travelled to the UK on Saturday after his Oval Office blowout with Trump which created a divide between the US and its European Nato partners.
At Lancaster House, a mansion near Buckingham Palace, the Prime Minister is expected to urge the leaders of 18 European countries to follow the UK in answering the US’s calls to boost defence spending.
Sir Keir told the BBC he is “working hard” to bring about three components of a lasting peace in Ukraine.
While Trump’s America is the driving force behind brokering a peace with Russia, Sir Keir wants Europe to be ready to lead peacekeeping efforts should a deal be struck.
A security guarantee from the Americans is the subject of “intense” discussion, Sir Keir said.
The clash between Trump and Mr Zelensky in the Oval Office was broadcast around the world on Friday, in which the US president claimed his counterpart was “gambling with world war three”.
It resulted in Ukraine’s president being kicked out of the White House and a deal to exchange mineral rights for further US military support was placed on ice.
