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Britain's leader is expected to urge allies to provide Ukraine with additional long-range missiles to hit enemy locations during a meeting in London on Friday.

Britain's leader plans to receive President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside the so-called "coalition of the willing", including more than 20 of Kyiv's partners who have pledged to provide Kyiv defense assurances once fighting stops is negotiated.

The Ukrainian leader has been urging for weeks for more extended-range systems from allied countries, a step that Russia has warned would escalate the war.

President Zelensky is coming from the EU capital, where he conferred with EU leaders on Thursday requesting funding aid.

"The only person participating in current hostilities who refuses to end the war is the Russian leader," Starmer said.

Sir Keir additionally reveal that a hundred extra anti-aircraft missiles will be delivered to Kyiv ahead of schedule, as specified in a multi-billion pound agreement struck between Britain and Ukraine in March.

Diplomatic Momentum

Ukraine's leader arrives after two diplomatic wins in recent days: Donald Trump's decision to finally apply further sanctions against the Russian government, and European countries consenting to fund Kyiv's budgetary shortfall.

Britain's leader is hoping to maintain the forward movement by escalating the leverage on Moscow to discuss a conclusion to the war.

Summit Participants

• Alliance chief the Secretary General
• Denmark's Prime Minister Frederiksen
• Dutch the Netherlands leader
• Others including France's leader Emmanuel Macron will join virtually

The Prime Minister will encourage participants to increase the delivery of long-range weapons following a productive operation on an industrial facility in the Russian city, Russia, using Britain-delivered missile systems.

"Additionally, his depraved attacks on small children in a nursery this week demonstrate that crystal clear," he continued.

A pair of children were part of a minimum of seven killed in a wave of Russian strikes on Ukrainian territory, which hit a preschool facility in the second biggest city Kharkiv.

Financial Discussions

Britain's leader will confer with supporting countries on how to remove Russia's petroleum resources from international trade.

Delegates will additionally discuss using seized Moscow funds to provide Ukraine with economic assistance, while the initiative encountered insufficient agreement and legal hurdles at the Brussels summit on Thursday.

The EU opted against consenting to a proposal to use up to €140bn in blocked Moscow funds to economically support Kyiv's finances.

However, the delegates agreed to help support the country's "financial needs" for the coming 24 months.

United States also revealed measures on midweek against Russia's biggest petroleum firms, Rosneft Oil and Lukoil Corporation, as part of efforts to add economic pressure on the Kremlin to enter ceasefire negotiations.

Moscow began its major offensive of Ukrainian territory in winter 2022. It at this time holds about one-fifth of Ukrainian territory, encompassing the southern Crimea peninsular Russia annexed in 2014.