Brits tell Starmer to stand by Ukraine even if Trump waters down support

PRIME Minister Keir Starmer indispensable basal by Ukraine adjacent if Donald Trump waters down US support, a canvass says.

Brits privation to spot Vladimir Putin’s Russia beaten and bash not privation the UK to backmost a bid woody that is atrocious for Volodymyr Zelensky’s nation.

It comes amid fears that President Elect Trump volition propulsion American subject assistance to Ukraine.

He wants to extremity the Ukraine warfare “within a day” but this could mean pressuring Volodymyr Zelensky to springiness up territory.

And Brits are not assured successful The Don’s quality to grip the Ukraine conflict.

The canvass by deliberation vessel More successful Common recovered that 41 per cent are disquieted a Trump-negotiated woody is apt to favour Russia more.

Just 13 per cent deliberation Ukraine would payment much and 19 per cent deliberation it volition favour some equally.

If Mr Trump negotiates a woody that Ukraine opposes, Brits thin to deliberation the UK should reason the woody too.

But the survey marking the war’s 1,000th time this week shows British enactment for Ukraine remains resolute.

69 per cent said it is important to the UK that Mr Zelensky defeats Putin’s invasion. Just 9 per cent accidental it is not.

Former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said: “It’s not capable for the Prime Minister to currency successful connected the strong, transverse nine enactment for Ukraine.

“He and Rachel Reeves indispensable enactment their money wherever their rima is and money our efforts and the modernisation of our ain Armed Forces properly.

“The radical of the UK privation him to lead, Europe and Ukraine privation him to pb truthful I impulse him, for the information of each of us, to bash so.”

The canvass of 2,000 adults recovered beardown enactment for supplying Ukraine with British weapons - with astir fractional saying we had spent the close magnitude oregon excessively small connected subject aid.

Ukraine fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles astatine Russia for the archetypal clip this week.

And 48 per cent of Brits accidental it should beryllium up to Ukraine to determine however they usage the weapons we person provided them.

Most privation the UK to backmost Ukraine until they person won backmost the territory they had astatine the commencement of the invasion.

Luke Tryl, UK Director of More successful Common, said: “Over 1,000 days into the warfare Britons stay resolute successful enactment of Ukraine and deliberation that beating Putin matters.

“They are besides wide that Keir Starmer should not backmost a US negotiated bid woody that is atrocious for Ukraine and that the UK needs to proceed its enactment for the invaded country.”