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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Walker, Pjotr Sauer and Shaun Walker

Starmer says Putin cannot be allowed to ‘play games’ over Ukraine ceasefire

A local man stands on a damaged street in the frontline city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, 13 March 2025.
A man stands on a damaged street in the frontline city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, 13 March 2025. Photograph: Ukraine's 93rd Mechanised Brigade Press Service/EPA

Keir Starmer has warned that Vladimir Putin cannot be allowed to “play games” with the possibility of a ceasefire in Ukraine, as he prepared to present proposals for a peace deal to a coalition of about 25 world leaders.

The UK prime minister will host a meeting on Saturday of the “coalition of the willing”, a group of nations that have agreed to help keep the peace in Ukraine. He will seek to pile pressure on the Russian president to “finally come to the table” and “stop the barbaric attacks on Ukraine” after Kyiv agreed this week to an immediate 30-day ceasefire.

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