British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Europe must take responsibility for defending itself as world leaders met in London to discuss working together to stop Russia’s war in Ukraine. Britain hosted the summit Sunday to shore up support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after an astonishing Oval Office meltdown with President Donald

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday European nations needed a security guarantee, or backstop, from the United States to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine again if a peace deal is agreed.

Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to London on Sunday to participate in a meeting of European Union leaders to discuss their response to Donald Trump's push for peace in Ukraine, a government spokesperson said on Friday.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer stressed the importance of the U.S. and Europe in securing peace in Ukraine.

Analysis: Starmer is right to call for peace not a ceasefire in Ukraine and that could set him on a collision with Trump and test the ‘special relationship’, world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes