Keir meets Zelensky as Trump pushes for deal

UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet Sir Keir Starmer for talks in Downing Street, as Donald Trump continues to push for a peace deal with Russia.

- BY JONATHAN WALKER Whitehall Editor

Sir Keir will be joined by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as the trio present a united front in support of Ukraine at the meeting tomorrow.

Russia's assault continued with a barrage of 653 drones and 51 missiles targeting power stations and a railway hub near Kyiv in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Kyiv and its western allies say Russia's military is currently trying to cripple the power grid and deny civilians access to heat, light and running water for a fourth consecutive winter.

President Trump's advisers held talks with Ukrainian officials in Florida last night as they continued work on a peace deal.

But European leaders were shocked when the White House published a 28-point peace plan which heavily favoured Russia last month.