Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz in London on Sunday to discuss urgent support for Ukraine, including scaling up air defences and deep-strike capabilities, Downing Street said. The meeting came after Russia fired hypersonic Oreshnik weapons at Ukraine and a drone strike damaged a spent nuclear fuel storage centre near the Chornobyl plant.
The leaders condemned Russia's missile and drone attacks and called on Vladimir Putin to agree an immediate and complete ceasefire with the current line of contact as a starting point for negotiations. They will push for further support at the G7 summit in Evian on 15 June and at the Nato summit in July.
Before the meeting, Zelenskyy vowed Ukraine would not 'silently die' and said talks would focus on air defence cooperation for the security of all Europe. He will meet King Charles on Monday.
The meeting followed Ukrainian strikes on targets inside Russia, including St Petersburg, where long-range drones hit an oil terminal and naval port. Putin rejected Zelenskyy's offer of face-to-face talks, calling it pointless. Zelenskyy described Putin's response as weak and said deep strikes would continue.
