The Prime Minister said he and European allies spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump on Friday to begin "closely aligning" a response to Russia's "unacceptable" position in Ukraine peace talks.Sir Keir Starmer, Mr Zelensky and the leaders of France, Germany and Poland held a phone call with the US president to discuss "developments" in the negotiations on Friday, he said.It came as Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met face to face for the first time since Moscow's inv

The Prime Minister said he and European allies spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump on Friday to begin "closely aligning" a response to Russia's "unacceptable" position in Ukraine peace talks.Sir Keir Starmer, Mr Zelensky and the leaders of France, Germany and Poland held a phone call with the US president to discuss "developments" in the negotiations on Friday, he said.It came as Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met face to face for the first time since Moscow's invasion.The talks in Istanbul lasted less than two hours and the sides agreed to the biggest prisoner exchange since the start of the war in 2022.