Ukraine wants US to stay involved, says Zelenskyy after meeting western allies

Keir Starmer and Volodymyr Zelensky are greeted by Ukrainian childen outside the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine wants the US to stay involved in efforts to end the war after a meeting of western allies in London that took place without Donald Trump.

The Ukrainian leader chose not to overtly lobby for the supply of US Tomahawk cruise missiles at a meeting of more than 20 mainly European leaders from the “coalition of the willing” but instead emphasised the need for the west to work together.