Starmer to join Zelensky at the White House for a meeting with Donald Trump
The Prime Minister 'stands ready to support this next phase of further talks and will reaffirm that his backing for Ukraine will continue for as long as it takes', Downing Street said.
It comes after the US president met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for a high-risk meeting in Alaska on Friday.
After literally giving the Russian president the red carpet treatment, Trump split from European allies by backing Putin's Ukraine peace agreement.
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