{"id":222510,"date":"2025-10-24T11:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/222510\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T11:21:08","slug":"zelensky-meeting-king-in-windsor-ahead-of-talks-with-european-leaders-in-london-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/222510\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky meeting King in Windsor ahead of talks with European leaders in London &#8211; live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starmer expected to push European allies to do more for Ukrainepublished at 11:34 BST<\/p>\n<p>11:34 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2fffcade-d43e-41f6-9f03-ffecef89b49a.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>John Sudworth<br \/>North America Correspondent<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ukraine senses that the tide is shifting further<br \/>\nin terms of Europe\u2019s readiness to provide the financial and military support it<br \/>\nneeds, especially with big doubts still looming over the US position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Already this week we\u2019ve had news of another<br \/>\nstrike on Russian territory using British-made Storm Shadow missiles, with the<br \/>\ntargeting of a chemical plant some 200 km beyond Ukraine\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The London talks will focus on providing more<br \/>\nlong-range capabilities, with the British Prime Minister, Sir Kier Starmer,<br \/>\nsaid to be ready to push European allies to do more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ukraine has been seeking German Taurus missiles<br \/>\nwhich can hit targets up almost twice as far as the Storm Shadow, but so far<br \/>\nBerlin has proved reluctant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And President Volodymyr Zelensky, disappointed<br \/>\nby Washington\u2019s recent refusal to provide its far more powerful Tomahawk<br \/>\nmissiles, has noted that \u201cEuropean countries also have Tomahawks&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The only other country known to have a<br \/>\nsignificant stockpile is the UK, although there\u2019s been no public discussion by<br \/>\nthe government about the possibility of providing them and, without American<br \/>\napproval, it might seem unlikely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There are risks in all of this, of course, with<br \/>\nPresident Trump himself citing possible escalation as one of his reasons for<br \/>\nsaying no to giving the weapons system to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At his recent press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin \u2013 a man who knows that as head of a nuclear power his<br \/>\nwords are carefully parsed by the outside world \u2013 said that the consequences of<br \/>\nusing such a weapon against Russia would be \u201cserious, if not staggering.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Starmer expected to push European allies to do more for Ukrainepublished at 11:34 BST 11:34 BST John 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