Sir Keir Starmer backed Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call on Wednesday after Donald Trump claimed the Ukrainian president was "a dictator without elections".In the call, the Prime Minister gave Mr Zelensky his support "as Ukraine's democratically elected leader" and said it was "perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during war time as the UK did during World War Two", according to a Downing Street spokesperson.The call followed a war of words between Mr Trump and Mr Zelensky, with the US pr

Sir Keir Starmer backed Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call on Wednesday after Donald Trump claimed the Ukrainian president was "a dictator without elections".In the call, the Prime Minister gave Mr Zelensky his support "as Ukraine's democratically elected leader" and said it was "perfectly reasonable to suspend elections during war time as the UK did during World War Two", according to a Downing Street spokesperson.The call followed a war of words between Mr Trump and Mr Zelensky, with the US president criticising his Ukrainian counterpart for postponing elections and incorrectly claiming Ukraine started the war with Russia.