🔗 Share this article Starmer to Press Allies on Advanced Missile Systems for Ukrainian Forces at London Summit The British Prime Minister is set to welcome Ukraine's leader for discussions of the "group of committed partners" Sir Keir Starmer will push partner nations to provide Ukrainian forces with additional advanced missile systems to strike Russian targets during a meeting in the UK capital on this Friday. The prime minister plans to receive Ukrainian President the Ukrainian head of state alongside the so-called "group of committed partners", including more than 20 of supporting nations who have committed to provide Kyiv protection commitments once fighting stops is brokered. Zelensky has been pleading for several weeks for additional extended-range systems from allied countries, an action that Moscow has warned would intensify the conflict. President Zelensky is coming from Brussels, where he held talks with EU leaders on yesterday pursuing funding aid. "The single figure involved in the ongoing war who refuses to halt the conflict is Vladimir Putin," Sir Keir said. The Prime Minister furthermore announce that one hundred further air defence missiles will be delivered to Ukrainian forces sooner than scheduled, as specified in a multi-billion pound agreement reached between Britain and Ukraine in March. Global Backing Ukraine's leader travels off the back of two diplomatic wins this week: the US President's move to implement additional restrictions against the Russian government, and European countries consenting to fund Kyiv's budgetary shortfall. Sir Keir is seeking to continue the forward movement by escalating the pressure on Russia to negotiate a conclusion to the hostilities. Conference Delegates Alliance chief the Dutch official Denmark's Prime Minister the Danish PM Holland's the Netherlands leader Others including Paris's head the French president will attend online Britain's leader will press delegates to ramp up the delivery of advanced missile technology following a successful operation on a chemical plant in the Bryansk region, Russia, using British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles. "And his brutal attacks on innocent children in a nursery this week show that crystal clear," he added. A pair of children were among no fewer than seven fatally wounded in numerous Moscow's attacks on Ukrainian territory, which targeted a preschool facility in the important metropolitan area Ukraine's second city. Economic Talks The Prime Minister will confer with Western allies on how to withdraw Russian oil and gas off the global market. The participants will also consider utilizing blocked Russian resources to provide Ukraine with financial loans, although the plan encountered divided opinions and legal hurdles at the EU conference on the previous day. European Union stopped short of consenting a plan to use approximately €140 billion in frozen Russian assets to monetarily assist the Ukrainian economy. Nonetheless, the participants consented to contribute to Kyiv's "economic requirements" for the coming 24 months. The US also disclosed restrictions on recently against Moscow's major oil companies, Rosneft Oil and Lukoil, as part of efforts to add financial pressure on Russia to enter peace talks. Moscow initiated its major offensive of the country in winter 2022. The invading forces presently occupies about twenty percent of the country's land, comprising the Crimean peninsula Moscow seized in several years ago.