Keir Starmer and Joe Biden appear to have failed to come to an agreement on a deal to give Ukraine new long-range missiles.
The Prime Minister and President held talks in the Blue Room of the White House yesterday to discuss strategy on how to bring the war in Ukraine to an end, including whether to hand over Storm Shadow missiles to Zelensky.
THE BAD NEWS FOR UKRAINE
Disappointingly for both parties, John Kirby, a spokesman for the US national security council, announced afterwards that there would be ‘no change to our policy’ on letting Ukraine use long-range missiles.
This comes as Zelensky accused the West of emboldening Putin by putting off the decision, and questioned their commitment to Ukraine’s defence.
Despite this Starmer claimed that the UK and US have come to a ‘strong position’ in their quest for a resolution to the conflict in Ukraine.
He described his discussions with Mr Biden as ‘long and productive’, but would not be drawn on what the pair had decided regarding Ukraine’s potential use of Western weaponry against Russian targets.
It is believed that Biden was more resistant than Starmer to give the go-ahead, particularly as Putin warned the UK and the US that they would be ‘at war’ with Russia if they gave Ukraine the Storm Shadow.
