Zelensky also insisted European Union leaders must be invited to negotiations after Donald Trump claimed that he and Vladimir Putin had agreed to start talks on ending the conflict.
“We, as an independent country, simply will not be able to accept any agreements without us.
The US president told how he held individual calls with the Russian leader and Zelensky yesterday.
Donald Trump said he spoke to Vladimir Putin about ending the war on Wednesday (Photo: The Associated Press)Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ukraine “will of course one way or another be taking part in the negotiations”, the TASS News agency reports.
Pete Hegseth, US Defence Secretary, said negotiations “will be had with both” Putin and Zelensky.
Hegseth says “future funding” could be on the negotiation table.
The Prime Minister said it was “really important that Ukraine is in the strongest possible position”.
“There can’t be negotiations around Ukraine without Ukraine being at the heart of it.
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Read More“Which is why I’ve been arguing since I’ve been Prime Minister that we need to ramp up the money, the capability and the training that we’re putting into Ukraine, and we’re delivering even more of that this year than we were last year.
Speaking to ITV News, Sir Keir said that he expected the UK would “play its part” in a security guarantee for Ukraine if peace was agreed, and the country should remain an “independent viable state” following the end of negotiations.
The US has suggested that as part of a peace deal, Ukraine must accept it will have to give up some territory to Russia, and that Nato membership is not a realistic prospect.
Additional reporting by Press Association.
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