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If serious about peace, sign ceasefire: Starmer to Putin

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March 16, 2025

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer said European nations and Western allies were stepping up preparations to support Ukraine in the event a peace deal was struck with Russia, with defence chiefs to firm up "robust plans" next week and urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to sign up to a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine now, if he is "serious about peace".

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At the virtual meeting with allies in what he has termed the "coalition of the willing," Starmer said the Kremlin's "dithering and delay" over US President Donald Trump's ceasefire proposal, and Russia's "continued barbaric attacks" on

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