The "path to peace in Ukraine" cannot be decided without Volodymyr Zelensky, Sir Keir Starmer said, as he commended Donald Trump's "pursuit of an end to the killing".The Prime Minister said the US president's actions had "brought us closer than ever before" to an end to the war in Ukraine.But he insisted insisted Ukraine's leader must take part in future peace talks after speaking with Mr Trump and Nato allies in the wake of the US president's negotiations with Vladimir Putin.

The "path to peace in Ukraine" cannot be decided without Volodymyr Zelensky, Sir Keir Starmer said, as he commended Donald Trump's "pursuit of an end to the killing".The Prime Minister said the US president's actions had "brought us closer than ever before" to an end to the war in Ukraine.But he insisted insisted Ukraine's leader must take part in future peace talks after speaking with Mr Trump and Nato allies in the wake of the US president's negotiations with Vladimir Putin.