G20 leaders’ statement ‘disappointing’ on Ukraine – No 10

The communique, released connected Monday night, highlighted the “human suffering and antagonistic added impacts” of the war, including the interaction connected planetary nutrient and vigor supplies, and noted “with distress the immense quality suffering and the adverse interaction of wars and conflicts astir the world”.

Last year’s papers called for the cessation of subject demolition oregon different attacks” connected infrastructure related to nutrient and vigor and besides noted concerns astir the information of civilians.

Russia is simply a subordinate of the G20, and curate of overseas affairs Sergei Lavrov has been astatine this week’s acme successful Rio de Janeiro.

It is disappointing, but not unexpected, and we would comparison it to the G7 connection astatine the play which reiterated our beardown and unwavering enactment for Ukraine

Downing Street spokeswoman

Asked astir the connection connected Tuesday, a Downing Street spokeswoman said: “It is disappointing. It is not unexpected, fixed the G20 evidently brings unneurotic a scope of countries who person differing views.

“Not least, it includes representatives of the Russian authorities successful attendance.

“So, arsenic I say, it is disappointing, but not unexpected, and we would comparison it to the G7 connection astatine the play which reiterated our beardown and unwavering enactment for Ukraine.”

She added: “Russia remains the sole obstacle to a conscionable and lasting peace.”

The leaders’ acme volition travel to an extremity connected Tuesday, aft talks successful which discussions relating to the struggle person featured heavily.

Sir Keir Starmer has faced repeated questions astir whether the UK volition travel the US and let British-supplied Storm Shadow weapons to beryllium utilized against targets wrong Russia.

He said connected Monday that helium was “not going to get into operational details” with regards to missiles successful Ukraine “because the lone winner, if we were to bash that, is (Vladimir) Putin”.

Tuesday marks 1,000 days since the commencement of the conflict, and the Kremlin marked the infinitesimal by lowering the threshold for atomic response, updating its weapons doctrine truthful that immoderate ample accepted onslaught connected Moscow could conscionable the criteria for a atomic response.

The Prime Minister said “the quickest mode to extremity this struggle is for Russia to cease”.

Speaking to the BBC successful Rio de Janeiro, helium said: “We indispensable guarantee Ukraine has immoderate is needed for arsenic agelong arsenic it’s needed to beryllium enactment successful the strongest imaginable position.

“The quickest mode to extremity this struggle is for Russia to cease, and that is the quickest, astir elemental and conscionable mode of ending this.”