Keir Starmer to address the nation as Prime Minister makes announcement after Ukraine peace meeting with world leaders

London - Alsharq Tribune- Mohamed Otaify 

Sir Keir Starmer is set to make an announcement in a national address following a Ukraine peace meeting with world leaders in Downing Street. This morning, a collection of 25 world leaders - who could potentially make up Starmer's European peacekeeping force - discussed the PM's plan on the "coalition of the willing" during a virtual summit.

Ahead of the meeting, No10 announced that the PM would use the meeting to declare that it was time for "concrete commitments", and would urge European allies to increase military backing to Ukraine.

He was expected to use the meeting to tell leaders that Vladimir Putin must face increased financial pressure and allies must prepare themselves to back a peace deal in the future

The announcement follows a summit of defence ministers and military bosses in Paris earlier this week, where they outlined individual nation's efforts to boost military backing for Ukraine.

So far, Downing Street has confirmed that several European countries, Nato, Canada, Ukraine, the EU Commission, Australia and New Zealand will join the online meeting.

In a statement before the call, Starmer said: "We can't allow President Putin to play games with President Trump's deal. "The Kremlin's complete disregard for President Trump's ceasefire proposal only serves to demonstrate that Putin is not serious about peace.