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as posted by the channelShould the UK push for a European-wide army to protect the continent’s defences? James O’Brien asked LBC listeners.
Keir Starmer has insisted that Ukraine should be allowed to determine its own future, even as peace talks proceed between Russia and the US.
The Prime Minister said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy was "courageous" and not to blame for stuttering negotiations to end the three-year war - despite Donald Trump's criticisms of the Ukrainian president.
Mr Trump said that Mr Zelenskyy was making the war "difficult" to end because of his apparent refusal to give up Ukraine's claim to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that has been held by Russia since 2014.
Sir Keir said: "We are at an intense stage in the negotiations".
He told the Telegraph: "In the end, I’m always mindful of the fact that it is Ukraine that must decide on those issues – it’s not for other people to decide on behalf of Ukraine.
"It is for Ukraine to decide. And Russia must come to the table for that unconditional ceasefire."
Meanwhile it was also reported that the UK and France would row back on plans to send thousands of their own troops to Ukraine to safeguard any peace deal.
Instead the countries will deploy military trainers far from the front lines amid fears of getting embroiled in the war, the Times reported.
The US has been criticised for being too sympathetic to Vladimir Putin's demands in the talks - but Mr Trump insisted on Thursday that he was putting pressure on his Russian counterpart.
He claimed that the next few days "will be very important" for peace talks.
He made the remarks following a meeting with Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in the Oval Office, who praised Mr Trump for his "initiatives to make progress".
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