Keir Starmer has warned that Vladimir Putin could invade Ukraine again if the US does not provide security guarantees for Europe. The Prime Minister is en route to Washington for a key summit with Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday,

Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat has indirectly dismissed Keir Starmer’s idea to deploy peacekeeping troops to Ukraine. Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov attacked European leaders who are still supporting Ukraine three years after Putin launched his brutal invasion.

Keir Starmer warns Putin will 'go again' in Ukraine without proper deterrent after Trump talks - The US President has resisted calls to fully commit American troops to peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine

The prime minister wants to keep everyone happy. He has been loath to criticize Trump, has warmed up Britain’s post-Brexit partnership with the European Union, avowedly backed Kyiv and thawed ties with China. At a time of geopolitical upheaval, he is attempting to squeeze Britain into an impossibly tight Venn diagram.

President Trump hosted United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Thursday for discussions focused on the Russia-Ukraine war.

If there is a cease-fire without a backstop, it will simply give him the opportunity to wait and to come again,” Keir Starmer warned on the flight to Washington, D.C.

Russia talks on Ukraine hours before a crunch meeting between Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump on Thursday. Starmer had come under pressure to shore up American support for a security "backstop" in Ukraine after a potential end to the war - and after the talks,

Starmer hits out at ‘tyrant’ Putin and commits to UK defence spending boost - Announcement comes ahead of Sir Keir’s crunch meeting with US president Donald Trump to end war in Ukraine

Keir Starmer told Nigel Farage to stop “fawning over Putin ” as the pair clashed over the Ukraine crisis. The prime minister was responding to a Commons question from the Reform UK leader about how many British troops may be needed to keep the peace if a deal to end the war is agreed.

The UK is achieving the role Brexiters said it would have - a leading voice in Europe while still outside the EU. But Keir Starmer must back his rhetoric on Russia with action.

Keir Starmer will tell Donald Trump that he fears Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will launch another attack on Ukraine, when the US and UK leaders hold a crunch meeting today. Speaking to journalists on his way to Washington, Sir Keir said Putin could "try again" after Russia 's attempt to invade Ukraine three years ago ended in a stalemate.