UK PM Starmer meets Ukrainian President Zelensky

Keir Starmerprime Minister

I hope you heard some of that cheering on the street,

Starmer told Zelensky before the private talks

He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office,

Trump said in a post on his Truth Social website after the meeting

We’re happy and count on your support and really, really have [been] such partners,

he finished

This is not a moment for more talk — it's time to act. It's time to step up and lead and unite around a new plan for a just and enduring peace,

the premier said

Every division of the West makes us all weaker and favours those who would like to see the decline of our civilisation.”

She added

Giorgia Meloniprime Minister

It is very, very important that we avoid the risk that the West divides,

Meloni told Starmer in bilateral talks in Downing Street before the Lancaster House summit

Either he needs to come to his senses and come back to the table in gratitude, or someone else needs to lead the country."

Republican Mike Johnson, speaker of the House of Representatives, said

The PM will bring people together and politely make sure they realise that there is only one negotiation in town – and that’s president Trump’s”.

As one of the UK prime minister’s allies put it before the meeting, there was no alternative to patching things up with the White House

Michael Waltznational security adviser

We need a leader that can deal with us, eventually deal with the Russians, and end this war,

Mike Waltz, Trump's national security adviser told CNN

What Ukraine needs now is guns and butter,

said one Starmer ally

I see this as a solution that risks being very complex and probably less decisive than others,

she said

I am convinced that the European Union - following the example of the United States - should enter into direct discussions with Russia on a ceasefire and a sustainable peace in Ukraine,

Orban wrote in a letter

In partnership with our allies, we must intensify our preparations for the European element of security guarantees alongside continued discussions with the United States,

he said in a statement issued late Saturday

Annalena Baerbockforeign Minister

Yesterday evening underlined that a new age of infamy has begun,

said Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock

I want to thank you, the people of the United Kingdom, for such big support from the very beginning of this war,

Zelenskyy responded

We have a shield, they don't,

he said in an interview with French newspapers appearing Sunday

Keir Starmerprime Minister

You're very, very welcome here in Downing Street,

Starmer told Zelenskyy

I think that Zelenskyy was humiliated, I think that in Trump's mind Zelenskyy deserved it, I think that the European Union was harmed by Zelenskyy's speech."

He added

Now is the time for us to unite in order to guarantee the best outcome for Ukraine, protect European security, and secure our collective future,

he added

You're either going to make a deal or we're out, and if we're out, you'll fight it out and I don't think it's going to be pretty,

Trump said