‘Time to act, not talk, to defend the West’, Starmer says after defence summit

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3 Mar 2025 • 1:44 AM MYT
The Independent
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European powers must realise it is “not a moment for more talk, it is time to act”, Sir Keir Starmer has said following a defence summit on Ukraine.

The Prime Minister warned that the West stands at a “crossroads in history” and announced a £1.6 billion finance deal which will allow Ukraine to buy more than 5,000 missiles, following the gathering at Lancaster House in central London.

This followed his call for European leaders to join what he dubbed a “coalition of the willing” alongside France and Britain, aimed at keeping the peace if the Ukraine war is brought to a negotiated end.

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