Kyiv ceasefire talks a 'significant moment', says Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer has said that the result of talks betwixt Ukraine's allies successful Kyiv marks a "significant moment" successful the propulsion to unafraid a ceasefire successful its struggle with Russia - but admitted it was not "the extremity of the process".

Speaking to the BBC successful Kyiv pursuing a virtual gathering of the "coalition of the willing", the premier curate said "we haven't seen unity similar this beauteous good passim the conflict".

Around 30 planetary leaders reasserted their telephone for Russia to hold to a 30-day unconditional ceasefire from Monday, threatening "massive" sanctions if it does not comply.

Noting different conflicts including India-Pakistan hostilities, Sir Keir said "we are surviving successful a much uncertain world" that "requires enactment stepping up".

The UK premier curate joined French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk for the meeting, which was hosted by Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelensky.

Other members of the "coalition of the willing" participated remotely, including Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Canadian PM Mark Carney, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and Mark Rutte, the secretary-general of Nato.

In a telephone telephone with Donald Trump pursuing the meeting, the US president reportedly reaffirmed his enactment for the ceasefire, aft Vladimir Putin rejected his archetypal connection successful March.

Sir Keir said Trump was "absolutely wide that this is simply a request that indispensable beryllium met".

The leaders assembled successful Kyiv warned that "new and massive" sanctions volition beryllium imposed connected Russia's vigor and banking sectors if Putin does not hold to the unconditional 30-day ceasefire "in the air, astatine oversea and connected land".

Sir Keir told the BBC that "material progress" had been made during the meeting.

"We've been capable to collectively get to a overmuch amended presumption and a much unified presumption contiguous that holds retired a amended imaginable of a ceasefire," helium said.

"You've got unity successful the demand, but besides unity successful what the effect volition beryllium if the request is not met. We haven't seen that benignant of unity during this conflict."

"I'm not going to unreal this is the extremity of the process but this is simply a important infinitesimal we present request to propulsion connected and marque definite this happens," helium added.

Further coordinating sanctions connected Russian oil, fossil fuels and different assets would marque a "material difference", the premier curate said.

The Kremlin reacted to the connection by accusing European leaders of making "contradictory" and "generally confrontational" remarks astir Russia.

Press caput Dmitry Peskov said that Ukraine's allies indispensable halt sending weapons to Ukraine earlier immoderate ceasefire tin hap - thing European leaders person rejected - earlier aboriginal saying Russia would see the proposal.

"We person to deliberation astir this. This is simply a caller development," state-run Russian quality bureau Tass reported Peskov arsenic saying.

The Kyiv gathering was a symbolic amusement of enactment for Ukraine a time aft much than 20 satellite leaders joined Putin successful Moscow for Russia's World War Two Victory Day parade.

The monolithic subject parade was held successful Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the decision of Nazi Germany successful 1945 with leaders including China's Xi Jinping, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, an EU member, successful attendance.

"It was a hugely important, symbolic time present successful Kyiv due to the fact that determination was a propaganda workout successful Moscow yesterday," Sir Keir told the BBC.

"80 years connected from VE Day it was truly important that we were present today... to show that the values that underpinned what was being fought for 80 years agone are the aforesaid values now".

Asked whether helium feels "scared astir the authorities of the world" arsenic others successful Britain bash - fixed conflicts successful the Middle East and India-Pakistan tensions - Sir Keir said "we are surviving successful a much uncertain satellite and we're successful a antithetic epoch of defence and security".

But helium said it did not support him up astatine nighttime "because it's truly important that I absorption connected what I tin bash - bringing radical together, making important steps today, making definite we're preparing with Ukraine for what mightiness hap next".

The alleged "coalition of the willing" was established by the UK and France to reenforce immoderate eventual bid woody with information guarantees, including the beingness of peacekeeping troops successful Ukraine.