Starmer and Zelenskyy praised Wednesday’s meetings between Trump and European leaders for showing a “powerful sense of unity and a strong resolve to achieve a just and lasting peace in Ukraine,” the spokesperson added.
Trump warned Wednesday that Russia would face “very severe consequences” if he believed Putin did not end the war, though did not specify what those would be. POLITICO reported Wednesday evening the U.S. president told European leaders he was willing to contribute security guarantees as long as the effort was not part of NATO.
Zelenskyy urged the U.K. to join NATO’s Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) in a social media post following the meeting.
The Ukrainian president praised the “good, productive meeting” in the X post and said the pair discussed continuing support programs for Kyiv’s army and defense industry.
“Under any scenario, Ukraine will maintain its strength,” Zelenskyy posted. “Keir and I also talked about such mechanisms for weapons supplies as the PURL program, and I urged the U.K. to join.”
The PURL program was agreed during a meeting between NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Trump at the White House last month. Funded by European nations and Canada, the initiative will consist of regular payments of around $500 million to purchase equipment identified by Kyiv for its operational priorities.