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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nick Lester

Miliband urges need to stand with Ukraine as Trump has fresh dig at Zelensky

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband (centre) pictured with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky (second left) during a recent visit to the country (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has stressed the need to stand “shoulder to shoulder” with Ukraine in a call with his US counterpart as Donald Trump made a fresh jibe at the country’s leader.

The American president claimed Russia’s Vladimir Putin, who triggered the conflict by launching the invasion back in 2022, wanted a peace deal more than Volodymyr Zelensky, who heads the Kyiv government.

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