UK PM Starmer expresses support for Ukraine's leader

20/2/2025 6:05

British Prime Minister Keir

Starmer spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on

Wednesday and expressed his support for Ukraine's leader.



"The Prime Minister spoke to President Zelenskyy this

evening and stressed the need for everyone to work together," a

statement issued by Starmer's office after the call said, using

a different spelling for the Ukrainian president's surname.



"The Prime Minister expressed his support for President

Zelenskyy as Ukraine's democratically elected leader and said

that it was perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during war

time as the UK did during World War II."



Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Zelenskiy as

"a dictator without elections" and said he had better move fast

to secure a peace or he would have no country left.



The statement from Starmer's office did not directly

refer to Trump's comments.



It added: "The Prime Minister reiterated his support for the

US-led efforts to get a lasting peace in Ukraine that deterred

Russia from any future aggression."