Ukraine, US, UK, EU officers meet in London to try to finish the warfare

Diplomats and defence chiefs from Britain, the US, European nations and Ukraine will meet in London on Wednesday, 23 April, to push for a peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv.

British defence secretary John Healey mentioned the assembly of overseas ministers and nationwide safety advisers follows talks final week in Paris and can embody “what a ceasefire would possibly appear like and find out how to safe peace in the long run”.

These attending embody retired Lt Gen. Keith Kellogg, President Donald Trump’s envoy for Ukraine and Russia. The US state division mentioned secretary of state Marco Rubio, who attended the Paris talks, was unable to come back due to a scheduling problem.

Britain has downplayed expectations of a breakthrough, however says this is a crucial week for diplomatic efforts to cease greater than three years of preventing since Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour.