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Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

Starmer pledges ‘ironclad support for Ukraine’ while Trump claims deal ‘close’

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister’s Questions at the Houses of Parliament. Picture date: Wednesday February 12, 2025. - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has promised Volodymyr Zelensky he will make the case for safeguarding Ukraine’s sovereignty in talks with Donald Trump this week as the US President claimed a deal to resolve the conflict was “close”.

In a call with the Ukrainian president on Saturday, the Prime Minister said he would be “progressing important discussions” about Kyiv’s security on his visit to Washington, Downing Street said.

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