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The UK Prime Minister will push supporting countries to supply Ukrainian forces with further advanced missile systems to target Russian targets during a meeting in London on this Friday.

Britain's leader will host Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky alongside what's known as "alliance of supportive nations", comprising over twenty of Kyiv's partners who have pledged to provide Ukraine security guarantees once fighting stops is brokered.

Zelensky has been appealing for several weeks for additional extended-range systems from the West, a move that Russia has stated would intensify the conflict.

The Ukrainian president is travelling from the EU capital, where he met EU leaders on the previous day requesting financial support.

"The sole individual participating in the ongoing war who declines to stop the conflict is President Putin," the Prime Minister stated.

Sir Keir additionally declare that 100 extra anti-aircraft missiles will be provided to Ukraine earlier than planned, as detailed in a £1.6bn deal concluded between Britain and Kyiv in spring.

Diplomatic Momentum

The Ukrainian president comes off the back of significant diplomatic successes this week: Washington's action to finally apply additional restrictions against Moscow, and European countries consenting to support Kyiv's budgetary shortfall.

The Prime Minister is aiming to sustain the momentum by escalating the leverage on Russia to negotiate a resolution to the war.

Meeting Attendees

• Nato Secretary General the Dutch official
• Copenhagen's head Mette Frederiksen
• Holland's the Netherlands leader
• Additional participants such as France's leader Macron will participate remotely

Sir Keir will press participants to expand the supply of advanced missile technology following an effective operation on an industrial facility in Bryansk, Russia, using UK-provided Storm Shadow missiles.

"Furthermore, his horrific attacks on young children in a preschool in recent days make that abundantly clear," he added.

A pair of children were part of at least seven killed in multiple Russian strikes on Ukrainian territory, which targeted a daycare center in the major urban center Ukraine's second city.

Economic Talks

Sir Keir will consult Western allies on how to withdraw Moscow's energy exports off the global market.

The participants will also discuss using blocked Russian resources to supply the Ukrainian government with financial loans, though the plan experienced a lack of political consensus and regulatory obstacles at the EU conference on Thursday.

The EU opted against agreeing an initiative to employ approximately €140 billion in frozen Russian assets to economically support the Ukrainian economy.

Nonetheless, the leaders agreed to assist with Ukraine's "economic requirements" for the next two years.

United States furthermore disclosed restrictions on recently against Russia's biggest energy corporations, Rosneft Oil and the private firm, as component of initiatives to apply monetary leverage on the Kremlin to enter hostility discussions.

The Russian government began its full-scale invasion of Ukrainian territory in February 2022. Russian troops at this time holds about twenty percent of Ukraine's soil, including the Crimean peninsula Russia annexed in several years ago.