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Starmer: Allies ‘must get it right’ on Ukraine peace
Western Mail
|August 19, 2025
Sir Keir Starmer said allies must “make sure” there is “fair” and “just” peace in Ukraine as he arrived in Washington yesterday to support Volodymyr Zelenskyy in crunch talks with Donald Trump.
The Prime Minister and other European leaders were seeking to persuade the US President not to push for a settlement that rewards Russian leader Vladimir Putin's aggression, but also secure US security guarantees for any military peacekeeping force from the so-called “coalition of the willing”.
The meeting came after Mr Trump suggested Ukrainian President Mr Zelenskyy would have to accept there was “no getting back” Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, and that Ukraine would not be allowed to join the Nato alliance.
In a video posted on X yesterday, Mr Starmer said of the conflict: “Everybody wants it to end, not least the Ukrainians.
“But we've got to get this right. We've got to make sure there is peace, that it is lasting peace and that it is fair and that it is just.
This story is from the August 19, 2025 edition of Western Mail.
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