British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday discussed Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine with leaders of the US, Italy, France and Germany, a Downing Street spokesperson said.
\nLooking ahead to US President Donald Trump\u2019s call with Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin on Monday, the leaders discussed the need for an unconditional ceasefire in the war that Russia launched against its smaller neighbor more than three years ago.
\nThey also discussed the use of sanctions if Russia fails to engage seriously in ceasefire and peace talks, the spokesperson added.
\nThe talks followed intense diplomacy by the leaders that started with their May 10 trip to Kyiv when the major European powers threw their weight behind an unconditional 30-day Ukraine ceasefire.
\n\u201cTomorrow, President Putin must show he wants peace by accepting the 30-day unconditional ceasefire proposed by President Trump and backed by Ukraine and Europe,\u201d French President Emmanuel Macron said on X after the Sunday call.
\nUK\u2019s Foreign Minister David Lammy on Saturday accused Moscow of obfuscating after talks between Ukraine and Russia on a possible ceasefire ended in less than two hours and Trump said \u201cnothing could happen\u201d until he had met directly with Putin.
\nRussia \u2014 which is slowly but steadily advancing on the battlefield and is worried that Ukraine will use such a pause to regroup and re-arm \u2014 has said it needs to nail down the terms of a ceasefire before signing up to one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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