Sir Keir Starmer has hailed “real progress” made during a White House summit with European leaders aimed at bringing an end to the war in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump said he spoke directly with Vladimir Putin to begin planning a meeting between the Russian leader and Mr Zelensky,

Starmer hails ‘real progress’ made during White House summit on Ukraine war - Posting on his Truth Social platform after the meeting, Donald Trump also described the talks as ‘very good’.

GB News presenter Patrick Christys certainly didn't hold back as he hit out at Keir Starmer after he joined the European leaders at the White House this week

Keir Starmer lands in Washington ahead of Ukraine talks at White HouseReuters

They are determined to impress upon Donald Trump two things: firstly, that there can be no peace deal for Ukraine without Ukraine's direct involvement and secondly, that it must be backed by "cast-iron" security guarantees.

Keir Starmer thanked Trump at the top of a multilateral meeting of European leaders and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed hope that today's meeting in Washington would result in “a historic step” toward ensuring the security of Ukraine and Europe as a whole. — Ukrinform.