Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:26pm on 17 Aug 2025,Sunday International
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will accompany Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House on Monday for high-stakes talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. Starmer joins a delegation including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, and Finnish President Alexander Stubb. The summit aims to counter Trump’s proposal to bypass a ceasefire and endorse territorial concessions in Ukraine—specifically ceding Donbas—to Russia. European leaders stress the necessity of security guarantees for Ukraine and insist that any peace deal must respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and be made with its full involvement. (PC: BBC)
