Is the West 'bending' to Putin? LBC callers react

Lewis Goodall spoke to callers to get their reaction to the Washington summit where a plan to achieve peace between Ukraine and Russia was discussed by world leaders.

Volodmyr Zelenskyy has said he is ready to meet Vladimir Putin following crunch talks at the White House - while Sir Keir Starmer has said “real progress” was made during the summit aimed at ending the Ukraine war.

The Ukrainian president said that no date has been officially set for any future talks between himself and the Russian leader, but stressed his willingess to meet in the near future.

"If Russia proposed to president of the United States bilateral, and then we will see the result of bilateral, and then can be the trilateral," Zelenskyy told reporters outside the White House following the meeting.

"Ukraine will never stop on the way to peace," he added, declaring that he's ready for talks in "any format".

It comes after US President Donald Trump said he spoke directly with Putin to begin planning a meeting between the Russian leader and Mr Zelenskyy, to be followed by a three-way meeting involving himself.

He also said Moscow will “accept” multinational efforts to guarantee Ukraine’s security.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer was one of several European leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO secretary general Mark Rutte, who joined discussions in Washington on Monday.

Speaking after the event, Sir Keir hailed the talks as “good and constructive”, adding: “There was a real sense of unity between the European leaders that were there, and president Trump and president Zelenskyy”.

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