Volodomyr Zelensky shows Keir Starmer 'victory plan' for defeating Russia

The PM, Volodymyr Zelensky and Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte discussed the authorities of the warfare during three-way talks successful No10 this morning

Volodomyr Zelensky showed Keir Starmer his 'victory plan' for defeating Russia yesterday (THU), arsenic Ukraine's president continued to property for support to usage long-range missiles to onslaught targets wrong Russia.

The PM, Mr Zelensky and Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte discussed the authorities of the warfare during three-way talks successful No10 yesterday morning.

Mr Rutte aboriginal said determination was nary ineligible crushed blocking Ukraine from hitting Russian targets with Storm Shadow missiles successful self-defence.

But it's understood respective planetary allies - astir notably the US - stay opposed to their use. Following the talks successful No 10, Mr Zelensky said: "The triumph program aims to make the close conditions for a conscionable extremity to the war.

“I convey the United Kingdom for its continued defence enactment of our country, including with long-range weapons." Speaking to reporters connected Downing Street, Mr Rutte said: "First of all, that is up to the allies, the idiosyncratic allies, to determine however weapons they present into Ukraine tin beryllium used.

"Legally that is imaginable due to the fact that legally Ukraine is allowed to usage its weapons, if they tin deed targets successful Russia, if these targets contiguous a menace to Ukraine." He added: "But whether idiosyncratic allies do, that's successful the end, (is) ever up to idiosyncratic allies. Of people we discussed this. I was past week successful Kyiv.

"We discussed it today, but successful the end, it is up to the idiosyncratic allies." Downing Street were keen to debar absorption connected Storm Shadow, claiming nary warfare had ever been won “by a azygous weapon.”

"The discussions that the UK, Ukraine and planetary partners are having are astir each the scope of enactment that we tin supply Ukraine heading into the important wintertime months ahead,” the Prime Minister’s Spokesman said.