🔗 Share this article The UK Prime Minister to Press Supporting Countries on Long-Range Missiles for Ukrainian Forces at London Conference Keir Starmer will host Zelensky for a meeting of the "group of committed partners" Sir Keir Starmer will push supporting countries to supply Ukrainian forces with more advanced missile systems to hit Russian targets during discussions in the UK capital on Friday. The prime minister is set to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky alongside referred to as "alliance of supportive nations", comprising numerous of Kyiv's partners who have agreed to provide Ukraine protection commitments once fighting stops is brokered. Zelensky has been appealing for an extended period for more long-range weapons from allied countries, a step that Russia has stated would worsen the hostilities. The Ukrainian president is coming from Brussels, where he held talks with EU leaders on Thursday pursuing financial support. "The sole individual participating in this conflict who refuses to end the fighting is Vladimir Putin," Starmer stated. Britain's leader will also reveal that one hundred additional anti-aircraft missiles will be provided to Ukrainian forces ahead of schedule, as outlined in a multi-billion pound agreement concluded between Britain and the Ukrainian government in spring. Diplomatic Momentum Ukraine's leader comes off the back of important international achievements in recent days: the US President's move to implement additional restrictions against Russia, and European countries agreeing to finance Kyiv's budgetary shortfall. The Prime Minister is hoping to sustain the momentum by escalating the leverage on the Kremlin to discuss a resolution to the conflict. Meeting Attendees Nato Secretary General the Dutch official Copenhagen's head Frederiksen Dutch Schoof Additional participants such as Paris's head Macron will participate remotely The Prime Minister will urge delegates to expand the supply of extended-range systems following an effective strike on a chemical plant in Bryansk, Russia, using Britain-delivered Storm Shadow missiles. "Additionally, his depraved attacks on innocent children in a preschool in recent days make that abundantly clear," he added. A pair of children were included in at least seven killed in a wave of Moscow's attacks on Ukraine, which targeted a nursery in the second biggest city Ukraine's second city. Financial Discussions Sir Keir will confer with supporting countries on methods to withdraw Moscow's energy exports off the global market. The participants will also discuss employing blocked Russian resources to provide the Ukrainian government with financial loans, although the plan encountered a lack of political consensus and legal hurdles at the European meeting on Thursday. European Union stopped short of agreeing a plan to utilize as much as €140 billion in blocked Moscow funds to financially prop up the Ukrainian economy. Nonetheless, the leaders decided to help support Ukraine's "financial needs" for the next two years. America also disclosed restrictions on recently against the Russian biggest petroleum firms, Rosneft Oil and the private firm, as element of actions to increase economic pressure on Moscow to enter ceasefire negotiations. Russia began its comprehensive attack of Ukrainian territory in February 2022. The invading forces at this time occupies about 20% of the country's land, including the southern region Moscow annexed in the year 2014.