Planning for a peacekeeping force for Ukraine will move to an "operational phase", the Prime Minister has said after a meeting of the "coalition of the willing" on Saturday.Sir Keir Starmer said military chiefs would meet in London on Thursday to "put strong and robust plans in place to swing in behind a peace deal and guarantee Ukraine's future security".

Planning for a peacekeeping force for Ukraine will move to an "operational phase", the Prime Minister has said after a meeting of the "coalition of the willing" on Saturday.Sir Keir Starmer said military chiefs would meet in London on Thursday to "put strong and robust plans in place to swing in behind a peace deal and guarantee Ukraine's future security".