🔗 Share this article The UK Prime Minister to Press Allies on Extended-Range Weaponry for Ukraine at London Summit Keir Starmer is set to welcome Zelensky for discussions of the "group of committed partners" The UK Prime Minister is expected to urge supporting countries to supply Ukrainian forces with additional extended-range weaponry to strike Moscow's positions during a meeting in the UK capital on Friday. Sir Keir is set to welcome Ukraine's leader Zelensky alongside what's known as "coalition of the willing", comprising more than 20 of Kyiv's partners who have agreed to grant Ukraine defense assurances once fighting stops is arranged. The Ukrainian leader has been appealing for weeks for more advanced missile technology from Western nations, a move that Moscow has warned would intensify the hostilities. President Zelensky is coming from Belgium, where he held talks with EU leaders on Thursday requesting funding aid. "The only person involved in the ongoing war who refuses to end the war is the Russian leader," Sir Keir remarked. The Prime Minister furthermore announce that a hundred additional air defense systems will be provided to Kyiv ahead of schedule, as detailed in a multi-billion pound agreement struck between the United Kingdom and the Ukrainian government in last spring. International Support Ukraine's leader travels after significant diplomatic successes this week: Washington's action to enact further sanctions against Moscow, and EU nations agreeing to finance a Ukrainian budget hole. Britain's leader is seeking to continue the progress by intensifying the pressure on Moscow to pursue a resolution to the war. Summit Participants NATO leader the Secretary General Copenhagen's head the Danish PM Netherlands' Dick Schoof Additional participants such as Paris's head Emmanuel Macron will attend online The Prime Minister will encourage participants to increase the delivery of long-range weapons following a successful strike on a chemical plant in the Russian city, the Russian Federation, using British-supplied advanced weaponry. "And his depraved assaults on small children in a preschool recently demonstrate that crystal clear," he stated further. A pair of children were included in at least seven killed in multiple Moscow's attacks on the country, which hit a daycare center in the important metropolitan area Kharkiv. Financial Discussions Britain's leader will consult Western allies on approaches for take Russia's petroleum resources from international trade. The participants will also discuss utilizing seized Moscow funds to supply Kyiv with economic assistance, while the initiative encountered divided opinions and jurisdictional challenges at the Brussels summit on yesterday. European Union declined to approving an initiative to use up to €140bn in seized Russian resources to economically support Kyiv's finances. Nevertheless, the delegates decided to assist with Ukraine's "economic requirements" for the next two years. United States furthermore revealed sanctions on Wednesday against the Russian two largest petroleum firms, Rosneft Oil and Lukoil Corporation, as element of actions to apply financial pressure on Moscow to commence peace talks. Russia began its comprehensive attack of Ukraine in winter 2022. It currently holds about twenty percent of Ukraine's soil, including the Crimean peninsula Moscow took control of in the year 2014.