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Today, Putin effectively rejected the proposal for a full ceasefire.
After a fresh round of Russian attacks last night, Mr Zelensky said This process must lead to a just and lasting peace for Ukraine
Right now, you have a lot of guns pointing at each other and a ceasefire without going a little bit further would have been tough.
Last night, I spoke to President Zelensky to discuss progress that (US) President (Donald) Trump had made with Russia towards a ceasefire
Sir Keir told the Commons We've given absolutely unbending support to Ukraine throughout all of this, including in both of the respects that you've just mentioned, and we will continue to do so.
Asked in a round of interviews this morning whether Britain was committed to sharing arms and intelligence with Ukraine, government minister Stephen Timms said Of course it’s our intention to put Ukraine in the strongest possible position militarily and economically. We want peace to prevail but we get peace through strength and that means putting Ukraine in the strongest possible position to repel any prospects of the war beginning again,
What we want is an end to all fighting, not a period in which Putin is able to re-arm and go again,
the UK foreign secretary stressed